CVE-2026-90049

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.39.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-09-16. A secondary CVSS source baseline 9.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
9.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 9.3Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

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

net: skbuff: don't skb_tx_error() the source skb in skb_zerocopy()

skb_zerocopy() copies frags from @from into @to. On an skb_orphan_frags() failure it calls skb_tx_error(@from), a destructive operation on the source skb the copy helper does not own. That completes @from's zerocopy uarg and clears SKBFL_ALL_ZEROCOPY, including the SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG page-ownership marker.

Both callers already report the failure on their own drop path. nfnetlink_queue does it at nla_put_failure, and Open vSwitch does it in the flow-miss drop arm of ovs_dp_process_packet(), so nothing is lost by dropping it here.

On Open vSwitch's OVS_ACTION_ATTR_USERSPACE path the skb is not freed on this error: do_execute_actions() ignores output_userspace()'s return value and, unless the upcall was the last action, keeps forwarding the same skb through the flow's remaining actions. The uarg is completed while that skb is still in flight, telling the producer its buffers are free, and SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG is cleared on an skb the rest of the stack still handles. That flag is what makes esp_input() call skb_cow_data() instead of decrypting in place, so a later local ESP delivery can decrypt over frags the skb does not own privately.

Leave error reporting to the callers.

CVSS v3
9.3
EG Score
9.3CRITICALhigh confidence
EG Risk
46
EG Risk 46/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity93% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
8th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (no KEV listing, exploit record or EPSS ≥ 50%) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact total (CVSS ≥ 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 16, 2026

Last Modified

September 28, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Oct 3, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

net: skbuff: don't skb_tx_error() the source skb in skb_zerocopy() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb10e0e9b220a2eed08931a60dbaad9a2370c908
generic

net: skbuff: don't skb_tx_error() the source skb in skb_zerocopy() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bab5a851e44a3601d31f2aa8043f385bb50ac5d9
generic

net: skbuff: don't skb_tx_error() the source skb in skb_zerocopy() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a13b1e80e5015cd732440b475c0ef443dc4a2157
generic

net: skbuff: don't skb_tx_error() the source skb in skb_zerocopy() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ece906150128d5ec2462aabcc978c568433eca4
generic

net: skbuff: don't skb_tx_error() the source skb in skb_zerocopy() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/849bdb83123760a865bcb2970127f4c0b9423ba3
generic

net: skbuff: don't skb_tx_error() the source skb in skb_zerocopy() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8069643ae64dfdf634b6c78c7f622e5323031436
generic

net: skbuff: don't skb_tx_error() the source skb in skb_zerocopy() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/767ec2a65cc022d303b0c9c12811e7db22057341
generic

net: skbuff: don't skb_tx_error() the source skb in skb_zerocopy() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04dd250a78e268af3e7124beb1dc10ec1dd88d60

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-90049(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(4 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (360 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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linux-6.126.12.100-1~deb12u1, 6.12.101-1~deb12u1, 6.12.107-1~deb12u1
  • every version up to 6.12.111-1~deb12u1: fixed in 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.12.96-1 (35 versions)
  • every version up to 6.12.111-1: fixed in 6.12.111-1
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (179 versions)
  • every version up to 7.2.6-1: fixed in 7.2.6-1
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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 101× in last 7d / 273× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 273 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-10-05 08:33 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-10-05 08:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-05 04:49 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-10-05 04:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-10-05 01:05 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-05 01:05 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-10-05 01:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-10-04 21:04 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-10-04 21:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-10-04 17:15 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-10-04 17:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-10-04 13:28 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-10-04 13:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-10-04 09:45 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-10-04 09:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-10-04 06:01 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-10-04 06:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-10-04 02:17 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-10-04 02:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-10-03 22:34 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-10-03 22:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-10-03 18:50 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-10-03 18:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-10-03 14:47 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-10-03 14:47 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-10-03 14:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-03 10:50 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-10-03 10:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-10-03 07:06 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-10-03 07:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-10-03 03:22 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-10-03 03:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-10-02 23:39 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-10-02 23:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-10-02 19:52 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-10-02 19:52 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-10-02 19:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-10-02 16:08 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-10-02 16:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-10-02 12:25 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-10-02 12:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-10-02 07:49 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-10-02 07:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-10-02 04:00 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-10-02 04:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-10-02 00:11 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-10-02 00:11 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-10-02 00:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-10-01 19:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-10-01 19:26 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-10-01 19:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-10-01 15:34 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-10-01 15:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-10-01 11:50 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-10-01 11:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-10-01 08:05 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-10-01 08:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-10-01 04:22 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-10-01 04:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-10-01 00:38 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-10-01 00:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-09-30 20:41 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-09-30 20:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-09-30 16:57 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-09-30 16:57 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-09-30 16:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-09-30 12:12 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-09-30 12:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-09-30 08:29 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-09-30 08:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-09-30 04:45 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-09-30 04:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-09-30 00:53 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-09-30 00:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-09-29 18:26 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-09-29 18:26 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-09-29 18:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-09-29 14:30 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-09-29 14:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-09-29 10:45 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-09-29 10:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-09-29 06:42 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-09-29 06:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-09-29 02:59 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-09-29 02:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-09-28 23:15 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-09-28 23:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-09-28 22:14 UTCEG score recompute
  66. 2026-09-28 22:14 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-09-28 22:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-09-28 18:30 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-09-28 18:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-09-28 14:46 UTCEG score recompute
  71. 2026-09-28 14:46 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-09-28 14:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  74. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  75. 2026-09-28 11:02 UTCVendor advisory

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-90049?
CVE-2026-90049 is a critical vulnerability published on September 16, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: skbuff: don't skbtxerror() the source skb in skb_zerocopy() skb_zerocopy() copies frags from @from into @to. On an skborphanfrags() failure it calls skbtxerror(@from), a destructive operation on the source skb the copy helper…
When was CVE-2026-90049 disclosed?
CVE-2026-90049 was first published on September 16, 2026, with the most recent update on September 28, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-90049 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-90049 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (8th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-90049?
CVE-2026-90049 has a CVSS base score of 9.3 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-90049?
No fix for CVE-2026-90049 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-90049 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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