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

tap: free page on error paths in tap_get_user_xdp()

tap_get_user_xdp() rejects a frame shorter than ETH_HLEN with -EINVAL,
and returns -ENOMEM when build_skb() fails. Both paths jump to the err
label without freeing the page that vhost_net_build_xdp() allocated for
the frame. tap_sendmsg() discards the per-buffer return value and always
returns 0, so vhost_tx_batch() takes the success path and never frees
the page; each rejected frame in a batch leaks one page-frag chunk.

Free the page on both error paths, before the skb is built. This is the
tap counterpart of the same leak in tun_xdp_one().

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Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-401

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-772
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{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:15:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tap: free page on error paths in tap_get_user_xdp() tap_get_user_xdp() rejects a frame shorter than ETH_HLEN with -EINVAL, and returns -ENOMEM when build_skb() fails. Both paths jump to the err label without freeing the page that vhost_net_build_xdp() allocated for the frame. tap_sendmsg() discards the per-buffer return value and always returns 0, so vhost_tx_batch() takes the success path and never frees the page; each rejected frame in a batch leaks one page-frag chunk. Free the page on both error paths, before the skb is built. This is the tap counterpart of the same leak in tun_xdp_one().
Title tap: free page on error paths in tap_get_user_xdp()
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-09T12:11:12.882Z

Reserved: 2026-05-13T15:03:33.112Z

Link: CVE-2026-46320

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-09T13:16:37.373

Modified: 2026-06-09T13:16:37.373

Link: CVE-2026-46320

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-06-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-46320 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-06-10T04:30:06Z

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