CVE-2026-53087
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.5
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.4%
31.0th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-401
Published 2026-06-24 · modified 2026-07-23
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
| Attack Vector | N | Network |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | N | None |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | N | None |
| Integrity | N | None |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2026-06-24 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-07-23 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bcmgenet: fix leaking free_bds While reclaiming the tx queue we fast forward the write pointer to drop any data in flight. These dropped frames are not added back to the pool of free bds. We also need to tell the netdev that we are dropping said data.
Affected
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/150d06aae1839a6564ab200ef0e7291c3528bbb0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25ff3a3e47ea635ec08dc93e84dd2bfe15abfebb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c3abbcfa05bad17965498ff7cc94c2418fa94b3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f3168300efb839028328d720ab3962f91d6a0d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52b9f80993698138b90e5ca3a72550a2501f2a96
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac4a29c331ecb5b10240c44247a8e010c95bc15b