Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 15, 2026· Updated Aug 23, 2026
CVE-2026-72041
CVE-2026-72041
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
espintcp: use sk_msg_free_partial to fix partial send
sk_msg_free_partial() ensures consistency of the skmsg at every iteration, without having to manually handle uncharges and offsets. This simplifies the code, and fixes some bugs in skmsg accounting when we don't send the full contents.
Affected products
2Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/007800408002d871f5699bdb944f985896730b8fnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/14c0b42c8a2cd9b5361bbff45b52f69c62c6a286nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ea8c051b4bd7feec7749a980f2f70e1782b84d7nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/518dcb84b997dff461800b079e5f2596389f766anvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/54d73f18f8919735f4d04d6f43374f75756c0180nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a338ce41bc933d8f74c39d9b3b6f1d8ca53d9714nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a66d45e0ce6d73cd79962d422388e61bfaf0cb50nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a977f78adce40b39d90d9567e7987bb110102810nvd
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