CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-68321

Low risk· EPSS 10%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.20%

10th percentile - higher than 10% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a memory leak of FDIR filters (Perfect FDIR filters) was detected in the txgbe driver during network interface removal. Filters added while the interface is down are not freed because txgbe_fdir_filter_exit() is not called when the device is not up. The issue leads to memory leakage.

Risk Assessment

Memory leakage can lead to gradual exhaustion of system resources, potentially affecting system stability and performance over time.

Recommendation

Apply a Linux kernel update containing the fix that frees the filter list in txgbe_remove().

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: txgbe: fix FDIR filter leak on remove Perfect FDIR filters can be added while the interface is down and are kept on the software list for later restore. unregister_netdev() only calls ndo_stop when the device is up, so txgbe_fdir_filter_exit() in txgbe_close() is skipped in that case and the filters are leaked on driver remove. Free the filter list from txgbe_remove() as well.

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