CVE-2026-98804: net: page_pool: fix use-after-free in page_pool_recycle_ring_bulk()

Published Oct 18, 2026
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Updated

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

net: pagepool: fix use-after-free in pagepoolrecycleringbulk()

With CONFIGPAGEPOOLSTATS=y, pagepoolrecycleringbulk() updates the recycle stats after dropping the producer lock. If it just recycled the last inflight netmems of a pool being destroyed, pagepoolrelease() can pass its producer-lock barrier and free the pool before recyclestatadd() runs.

Commit fcc680a647ba7 ("pagepool: allow mixing PPs within one bulk") moved this stat update after the unlock. Commit 271683bb2cf32 ("pagepool: Fix use-after-free in pagepoolrecycleinring") later added the barrier, but only fixed pagepoolrecycleinring(). Move the update back under the lock.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Linux Linux kernel

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch 271683bb2cf32

Event History

Oct 18, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·03:48 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·03:48 PM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·04:17 PM
Description

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