CVE-2026-74626: NTB: ntb_netdev: Preserve RX queue depth on allocation failure

Published Aug 22, 2026
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Updated

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

NTB: ntbnetdev: Preserve RX queue depth on allocation failure

ntbnetdevrxhandler() hands the received skb to the network stack before allocating its replacement. If the allocation fails, nothing is reposted. Every failure therefore takes one buffer out of the RX queue while the interface remains up, and enough failures eventually stall reception.

A retry path could refill the queue later, but ntbnetdev has none. Allocate the replacement first instead. If that fails, drop the packet and repost the same skb. This keeps the queue full and lets packet delivery resume as soon as memory is available again.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Linux Linux kernel

Event History

Aug 22, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·03:32 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·03:32 PM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·04:16 PM
Description

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