CVE-2026-53087
High
net: bcmgenet: fix leaking free_bds
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bcmgenet: fix leaking free_bds While reclaiming the tx queue we fast forward the write pointer to drop any data in flight. These dropped frames are not added back to the pool of free bds. We also need to tell the netdev that we are dropping said data.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
June 24, 2026
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2026-53087
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bcmgenet: fix leaking free_bds While reclaiming the tx queue we fast forward the write pointer to drop any data in flight. These dropped frames are not added back to the pool of free bds. We also need to tell the netdev that we are dropping said data.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/150d06aae1839a6564ab200ef0e7291c3528bbb0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25ff3a3e47ea635ec08dc93e84dd2bfe15abfebb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c3abbcfa05bad17965498ff7cc94c2418fa94b3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f3168300efb839028328d720ab3962f91d6a0d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52b9f80993698138b90e5ca3a72550a2501f2a96
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac4a29c331ecb5b10240c44247a8e010c95bc15b
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53087.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53087