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CVE-2026-74269— bnxt: fix head underflow on XDP head-grow

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Linux Linux
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的一个操作系统内核。 Linux kernel 6.5版本存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于bnxt驱动在处理XDP head-grow时存在头部下溢，可能导致内存引用计数错误，造成双重释放。

CVSS 9.8 · Critical EPSS 0.65% · P50

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1203 · Exploitation for Client Execution

Affected Version Matrix 12

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux f6974b4c2d8e1062b5a52228ee47293c15b4ee1e< 4c03275bc4435cc8e25f7f3f08aff58c0e783d8d affected
f6974b4c2d8e1062b5a52228ee47293c15b4ee1e< bb72b1c6755631c74b7e0878ee55bb81c06776c0 affected
f6974b4c2d8e1062b5a52228ee47293c15b4ee1e< e26657fe3b85c068b01f42bb0c602f242d643ba9 affected
e9f11bfc03fb0d3c86f91b8ae945bb10f7e19c16 affected
ae0e135dc900827687ecc684c2bbb57aae48d318 affected
6.1.45< 6.2 affected
6.4.10< 6.5 affected
6.5 affected
… +4 more rows
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-74269

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Vulnerability Title
bnxt: fix head underflow on XDP head-grow
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt: fix head underflow on XDP head-grow The xdp.py test test_xdp_native_adjst_head_grow_data crashes when run on a bnxt machine (and also crashes in NIPA). It seems that the bug is an underflow in bnxt_rx_multi_page_skb, which builds the skb head: napi_build_skb(data_ptr - bp->rx_offset, rxr->rx_page_size); The problem with this expression is that in page mode, rx_offset is: bp->rx_offset = NET_IP_ALIGN + XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM; Which evaluates (at least on x86_64) to 258. The test test_xdp_native_adjst_head_grow_data tests a case where the head is adjusted by -256. When this test runs, data_ptr is shifted to frag_start + 2 (where frag_start = page_address(page) + offset). Then, bnxt_rx_multi_page_skb is invoked and the napi_build_skb expression subtracts 258, landing at an address before frag_start. This could be either the previous fragment or the previous physical page when the offset is < 256 (e.g. if the fragment started at offset 0). When the skb is freed, the page pool fragment reference is dropped on either the wrong page or the wrong frag of the right page. In either case, the corrupted reference count can lead to the page being prematurely recycled while still in use. Once (incorrectly) recycled, it can be handed out again and on driver teardown this would result in a double free. The commit under fixes updated this code to handle the case where the native page size is >= 64k, but it unintentionally broke the head grow case. To fix this, add an offset field to struct bnxt_sw_rx_bd, mirroring the existing offset field in struct bnxt_sw_rx_agg_bd. Populate it on allocation and preserve it on reuse. In bnxt_rx_multi_page_skb, use the newly added offset field to compute the fragment start and pass that to napi_build_skb. Adjust the layout with skb_reserve. There are two cases, the non-adjustment case and the adjustment case. In both cases, the skb is built at page_address(page) + offset to account for the case where the native page size >= 64K and skb_reserve is called with data_ptr - (page_address(page) + offset). That difference equals bp->rx_offset when data_ptr was not moved, or bp->rx_offset + xdp_adjust when XDP adjusted the head. Re-running the failing test with this commit applied causes the test to run successfully to completion. The other rx_skb_func implementations don't have this issue.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的一个操作系统内核。 Linux kernel 6.5版本存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于bnxt驱动在处理XDP head-grow时存在头部下溢，可能导致内存引用计数错误，造成双重释放。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

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Linux Linux f6974b4c2d8e1062b5a52228ee47293c15b4ee1e ~ 4c03275bc4435cc8e25f7f3f08aff58c0e783d8d -
Linux Linux 6.5 -

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-74269 (2)

Other References for CVE-2026-74269 (1)

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CVE-2026-72421 10.0 CRITICAL ipv4: fib: Don't ignore error route in local/main tables.
CVE-2026-74475 10.0 CRITICAL vxlan: use neigh_ha_snapshot() in route_shortcircuit()
CVE-2026-72408 10.0 CRITICAL geneve: gate GRO hint in geneve_gro_complete() on gs->gro_hint
CVE-2026-72407 10.0 CRITICAL geneve: validate inner network offset in geneve_gro_complete()
CVE-2026-74309 10.0 CRITICAL vdpa/octeon_ep: fix IRQ-to-ring mapping in interrupt handler
CVE-2026-72493 9.9 CRITICAL net: serialize netif_running() check in enqueue_to_backlog()
CVE-2026-72084 9.8 CRITICAL scsi: target: Bound PR-OUT TransportID parsing to the received buffer
CVE-2026-74480 9.8 CRITICAL net: bridge: stop fast-leave after deleting a port group
CVE-2026-72083 9.8 CRITICAL scsi: target: core: Fix iSCSI ISID use-after-free in REGISTER AND MOVE
CVE-2026-74345 9.8 CRITICAL RDMA/siw: Fix endpoint/socket association handling
CVE-2026-72248 9.8 CRITICAL netfilter: flowtable: support IPIP tunnel with direct xmit
CVE-2026-72249 9.8 CRITICAL netfilter: flowtable: use dst in this direction when pushing IPIP header
CVE-2026-74493 9.8 CRITICAL net/smc: fix socket use-after-free during link group termination
CVE-2026-74495 9.8 CRITICAL igbvf: Fix leak in TX DMA error cleanup
CVE-2026-72251 9.8 CRITICAL netfilter: nf_nat_sip: reload possible stale data pointer
CVE-2026-74398 9.8 CRITICAL ipv6: addrconf: bail out of dad_failure when state is no longer POSTDAD
CVE-2026-74401 9.8 CRITICAL dlm: fix add msg handle in send_queue ordered
CVE-2026-72317 9.8 CRITICAL SUNRPC: pin upper rpc_clnt across the TLS connect_worker

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