CVE-2026-89487
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
openvswitch: only skb_tx_error() a packet we are about to drop
queue_userspace_packet() borrows the packet skb -- it only copies it into a private netlink message (user_skb) and does not own it; on return do_execute_actions() keeps forwarding it through the flow's remaining actions. Its error path nevertheless calls skb_tx_error(skb), which via skb_zcopy_clear() does skb_shinfo(skb)->flags &= ~SKBFL_ALL_ZEROCOPY, stripping SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG from that live skb (skb_tx_error()'s kerneldoc says "skb must be freed afterwards").
For a MSG_ZEROCOPY skb carrying page-cache frags, SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG is what makes esp_input() skb_cow_data() before in-place AEAD; once it is stripped a later local ESP-in-UDP delivery decrypts in place over pages the sender does not own -- an unprivileged page-cache write (the "Fragnesia" primitive). do_execute_actions() ignores output_userspace()'s return value, so any action after a failed USERSPACE upcall inherits the stripped skb.
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Move the skb_tx_error() to the flow-miss drop path - the "default" branch of ovs_dp_process_packet()'s switch(error), before kfree_skb().
The call has been here since commit 36d5fe6a0007 ("core, nfqueue, openvswitch: Orphan frags in skb_zerocopy and handle errors") but was harmless until esp_input() began relying on SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG to gate in-place decrypt; only then did stripping it on a still-forwarded skb become a page-cache write primitive.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.18%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 6
- Fecha de la puntuación: 4/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation90 % - Impacto principal
T1565.001Stored Data Manipulationimpact80 % - Impacto secundario
T1499.004Application or System Exploitationimpact70 %
Vulnerabilidad local en kernel Linux (AV:L, PR:L) que permite escritura no autorizada en caché de páginas via stripping de SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG en paquetes activos, escalando privilegios de usuario no privilegiado.
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
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Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dbc2398fca3bb33eda963849f865ddb1b3aa05e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4477222e2916a18e273edc139c955ade6bbb7a69
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48db11e115d1b232edc5591604adc6eda95cd545
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d5c460ef8754be1d43b16dbf02695b008b207d6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d85eef222cfd28e73deed7402c100229e8b9e6e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5de5d554141a15b3f1f5c978fd9f7f4fd6d0600a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6767d70cf46f65807a6a4c4406a518e6c12e36ae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e41a59fc056f63a7a1f42788913c53cc48d744aa
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nopenvswitch: only skb_tx_error() a packet we are about to drop\n\nqueue_userspace_packet() borrows the packet skb -- it only copies it into\na private netlink message (user_skb) and does not own it; on return\ndo_execute_actions() keeps forwarding it through the flow's remaining\nactions. Its error path nevertheless calls skb_tx_error(skb), which via\nskb_zcopy_clear() does skb_shinfo(skb)->flags &= ~SKBFL_ALL_ZEROCOPY,\nstripping SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG from that live skb (skb_tx_error()'s kerneldoc\nsays \"skb must be freed afterwards\").\n\nFor a MSG_ZEROCOPY skb carrying page-cache frags, SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG is\nwhat makes esp_input() skb_cow_data() before in-place AEAD; once it is\nstripped a later local ESP-in-UDP delivery decrypts in place over pages\nthe sender does not own -- an unprivileged page-cache write (the\n\"Fragnesia\" primitive).\ndo_execute_actions() ignores output_userspace()'s return value, so any\naction after a failed USERSPACE upcall inherits the stripped skb.\n\nMove the skb_tx_error() to the flow-miss drop path - the \"default\"\nbranch of ovs_dp_process_packet()'s switch(error), before kfree_skb().\n\nThe call has been here since commit 36d5fe6a0007 (\"core, nfqueue,\nopenvswitch: Orphan frags in skb_zerocopy and handle errors\") but was\nharmless until esp_input() began relying on SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG to gate\nin-place decrypt; only then did stripping it on a still-forwarded skb\nbecome a page-cache write primitive."
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