CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-53087

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.37%

30th percentile - higher than 30% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the bcmgenet driver has a bug leaking free buffer descriptors (free_bds) when reclaiming the TX queue. Dropped frames are not returned to the pool, potentially leading to resource exhaustion.

Risk Assessment

Risk includes exhaustion of buffer pools, potentially causing network failures or system performance degradation.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch when released; monitor network buffer usage.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS