CVE-2026-72017
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: macb: drop in-flight Tx SKBs on close The MACB driver has since forever leaked the outgoing SKBs that have not yet been marked as completed. They live in queue->tx_skb which gets freed without remorse nor checking. macb_free_consistent() gets called in a few codepaths, but only close will trigger the added expressions. In macb_open() and macb_alloc_consistent() failure cases, queues' tx_skb just got allocated and are empty.
Published:Aug 15, 2026
Last Modified:Aug 23, 2026
EPS:Aug 15, 2026
EPSS Score:0.002
CVSS Score:5.5
Affected Products
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
Linux
Linux Kernel
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No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Attack Vector
Network
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