CVE-2026-43039

Technical Description

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

net: ti: icssg-prueth: fix missing data copy and wrong recycle in ZC RX dispatch

emac_dispatch_skb_zc() allocates a new skb via napi_alloc_skb() but

never copies the packet data from the XDP buffer into it. The skb is

passed up the stack containing uninitialized heap memory instead of

the actual received packet, leaking kernel heap contents to userspace.

Copy the received packet data from the XDP buffer into the skb using

skb_copy_to_linear_data().

Additionally, remove the skb_mark_for_recycle() call since the skb is

backed by the NAPI page frag allocator, not page_pool. Marking a

non-page_pool skb for recycle causes the free path to return pages to

a page_pool that does not own them, corrupting page_pool state.

The non-ZC path (emac_rx_packet) does not have these issues because it

uses napi_build_skb() to wrap the existing page_pool page directly,

requiring no copy, and correctly marks for recycle since the page

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

References