CVE-2026-98492

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98492
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98492.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-98492
Downstream
Published
2026-10-18T15:16:21Z
Modified
2026-10-19T02:46:29Z
Summary
net: macb: fix dma_alloc_coherent() leak on macb_alloc() error paths
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: macb: fix dma_alloc_coherent() leak on macb_alloc() error paths

Fix 3 leaks in macb_alloc() error paths:

  • Tx buffer allocated but crossing a 4G boundary: Tx leaked.
  • Rx buffer allocation fails: Tx leaked.
  • Rx buffer allocated but crossing a 4G boundary: Tx & Rx leaked.

This is because our error handling calls macb_free(bp) which in turn frees the buffers stored in bp->queues[0], but nothing has been stored in there. Fix by storing allocated buffers into bp->queues[0] ASAP.

Database specific
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    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98492.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
78d901897b3cae06b38f54e48a2378cf9da21175
Fixed
bda487567d0b7b15dfa876511085c0666b9efad5
Fixed
259e6cbb6a097da8ced544ee92a6fbde35aa1338
Fixed
23d42b9a3bcd55b17d3b371544fedc708c2397e9
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
6.17.3
Fixed
6.18
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
982a4d9a2e12b693f684eff943043a607628d871

Affected versions

v6.*
v6.17.10
v6.17.11
v6.17.12
v6.17.13
v6.17.3
v6.17.4
v6.17.5
v6.17.6
v6.17.7
v6.17.8
v6.17.9

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98492.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.18.0
Fixed
6.18.55
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.2.9

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98492.json"