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Linux EUVDEUVD-2026-45743

| CVE-2026-63970 HIGH
2026-07-19 Linux GHSA-mmvg-f8x9-hvr5
7.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Linux
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Severity by source

Vendor (Linux) PRIMARY
7.8 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SUSE
HIGH
qualitative
Red Hat
7.0 HIGH
qualitative

Primary rating from Vendor (Linux).

CVSS VectorVendor: Linux

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Generated
Jul 20, 2026 - 16:35 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Jul 20, 2026 - 15:22 NVD
7.8 (HIGH)
Patch available
Jul 19, 2026 - 17:19 EUVD
CVE Published
Jul 19, 2026 - 14:55 cve.org
HIGH 7.8
CVE Published
Jul 19, 2026 - 14:55 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

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

vsock/virtio: bind uarg before filling zerocopy skb

virtio_transport_send_pkt_info() allocates or reuses the zerocopy uarg before entering the send loop, but virtio_transport_alloc_skb() still fills the skb before it inherits that uarg. When fixed-buffer vectored zerocopy hits MAX_SKB_FRAGS, io_sg_from_iter() may partially attach managed frags and return -EMSGSIZE. The rollback path call kfree_skb() to free an skb that carries SKBFL_MANAGED_FRAG_REFS but no uarg, so skb_release_data() falls through to ordinary frag unref.

Pass the uarg into virtio_transport_alloc_skb() and bind it immediately before virtio_transport_fill_skb(). This keeps control or no-payload skbs untouched while ensuring success and rollback share one lifetime rule.

AnalysisAI

Local memory corruption in the Linux kernel's vsock/virtio transport (AF_VSOCK) arises from a reference-counting lifetime mismatch in the MSG_ZEROCOPY send path, affecting kernels from 6.7 onward. Because virtio_transport_send_pkt_info() reuses or allocates the zerocopy uarg before virtio_transport_alloc_skb() fills the skb, a rollback after a partial fixed-buffer vectored zerocopy attach frees an skb that is flagged SKBFL_MANAGED_FRAG_REFS but has no uarg, causing skb_release_data() to take the wrong unref path. The CVSS 7.8 rating reflects high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact from local access; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS is low at 0.20%.

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Important
Product Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 16.0 Affected

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EUVD-2026-45743 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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