High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 24, 2026· Updated Jul 23, 2026

CVE-2026-53087

Description

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.

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Affected products

Linux/Kernel2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.15,<6.18.33
- (no CPE)
osv-coords
pkg:linux/kernel
Range: >= 6.15.0, < 6.18.33

Patches

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References

git.kernel.org/stable/c/150d06aae1839a6564ab200ef0e7291c3528bbb0nvdPatch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/25ff3a3e47ea635ec08dc93e84dd2bfe15abfebbnvdPatch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c3abbcfa05bad17965498ff7cc94c2418fa94b3nvdPatch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f3168300efb839028328d720ab3962f91d6a0d0nvdPatch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/52b9f80993698138b90e5ca3a72550a2501f2a96nvdPatch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac4a29c331ecb5b10240c44247a8e010c95bc15bnvdPatch

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