| Name | CVE-2026-80988 |
| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NTB: ntb_transport: Fail TX enqueue when the QP link is down Commit f195a1a6fe41 ("ntb: Drop packets when qp link is down") meant to make ntb_transport_tx_enqueue() drop packets submitted while the QP link is down, but it only returns 0 without consuming the packet. Zero means success by this function's contract, so ntb_netdev reports NETDEV_TX_OK and forgets the skb: nothing queued it, nothing frees it, and it leaks, one skb for every transmit racing a link-down. Return -ENOLINK instead, restoring the contract that a non-zero return leaves the buffer owned by the caller. With the preceding patch, ntb_netdev frees the skb on non-retryable enqueue failures and returns NETDEV_TX_OK, so a packet racing with link-down is dropped without leaking or entering a busy retry loop. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-4817-1, DSA-6528-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | bookworm | 6.1.176-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.187-1 | vulnerable | |
| trixie | 6.12.107-1 | vulnerable | |
| trixie (security) | 6.12.111-1 | fixed | |
| forky | 7.2.8-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 7.2.9-1 | fixed | |
| linux-6.12 (PTS) | bookworm (security) | 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | trixie | 6.12.111-1 | DSA-6528-1 | ||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 7.2.6-1 | |||
| linux-6.12 | source | bookworm | 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 | DLA-4817-1 |
https://git.kernel.org/linus/873ce713fef5dde0939220f04f3484ec86a16fba (7.3-rc1)