Vulnerability · Published Feb 4, 2026 · Assigned by Linux
CVE-2026-23095gue: Fix skb memleak with inner IP protocol 0.
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity memory leak in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gue: Fix skb memleak with inner IP protocol 0. syzbot reported skb memleak below. [0] The repro generated a GUE packet with its inner protocol 0. gue_udp_recv() returns -guehdr->proto_ctype for "resubmit" in ip_protocol_deliver_rcu(), but this only works with non-zero protocol number. Let's drop such packets. Note that 0 is a valid number (IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Option). I think it is not practical to encap HOPOPT in GUE, so once someone starts to complain, we could pass down a resubmit flag pointer to distinguish two zeros from the upper layer: * no error * resubmit HOPOPT [0] BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff888109695a00 (size 240): comm "syz.0.17", pid 6088, jiffies 4294943096 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 40 c2 10 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .@.............. backtrace (crc a84b336f): kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline] slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4958 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5263 [inline] kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x3b4/0x590 mm/slub.c:5270 __build_skb+0x23/0x60 net/core/skbuff.c:474 build_skb+0x20/0x190 net/core/skbuff.c:490 __tun_build_skb drivers/net/tun.c:1541 [inline] tun_build_skb+0x4a1/0xa40 drivers/net/tun.c:1636 tun_get_user+0xc12/0x2030 drivers/net/tun.c:1770 tun_chr_write_iter+0x71/0x120 drivers/net/tun.c:1999 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline] vfs_write+0x45d/0x710 fs/read_write.c:686 ksys_write+0xa7/0x170 fs/read_write.c:738 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xa4/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | 6.1.162-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 6.12.69-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 6.18.8-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux | 5.15.0-176.186 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux | 6.8.0-117.117 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-allwinner-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws | 5.15.0-1105.112 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-aws | 6.8.0-1055.58 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux-aws | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.14 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.17 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.8 | 6.8.0-1057.60~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure | 5.15.0-1110.119 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure | 6.8.0-1056.62 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux-azure | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.14 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.17 | 6.17.0-1021.21~24.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.8 | 6.8.0-1059.65~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | 5.15.0-1114.123 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | 6.8.0-1058.65 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux-azure-fde | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-6.14 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-6.8 | 6.8.0-1058.65~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure-nvidia | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure-nvidia-6.14 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 5.15.0-1105.114 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 6.8.0-1058.61 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux-gcp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.14 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.17 | 6.17.0-1021.24~24.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.8 | 6.8.0-1060.63~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gke | 5.15.0-1101.107 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gke | 6.8.0-1054.60 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.15.0-1088.96 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 6.8.0-1041.44 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.14 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.17 | 6.17.0-41.41~24.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.8 | 6.8.0-124.124~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-ibm | 5.15.0-1099.102 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-ibm | 6.8.0-1055.56 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-ibm-6.8 | 6.8.0-1055.56~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iotg | 5.15.0-1100.106 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-kvm | 5.15.0-1097.102 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency | 5.15.0-175.185 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency | 6.8.0-117.117.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 | 6.8.0-117.117.1~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia | 5.15.0-1100.101 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-nvidia | 6.8.0-1054.57 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.17 | 6.17.0-1031.31 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.8 | 6.8.0-1054.57~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-lowlatency | 6.8.0-1054.57.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-tegra | 5.15.0-1057.57 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-tegra | 6.8.0-1024.24 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-tegra-igx | 5.15.0-1046.46 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.17 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.0 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.1 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.11 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.14 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.17 | 6.17.0-1030.30 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.8 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle | 5.15.0-1102.108 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oracle | 6.8.0-1054.55 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux-oracle | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oracle-6.14 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-oracle-6.17 | 6.17.0-1019.19~24.04.3 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle-6.8 | 6.8.0-1054.55~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-raspi | 5.15.0-1099.102 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi | 6.8.0-1056.60 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux-raspi | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.14 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.17 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.8 | 6.8.0-117.117~22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-xilinx | 6.8.0-1032.33 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-xilinx-zynqmp | 5.15.0-1070.74 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23095 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 37dd0247797b168ad1cc7f5dbec825a1ee66535b – before 886f186328b718400dbf79e1bc8cbcbd710ab76637dd0247797b168ad1cc7f5dbec825a1ee66535b – before 380a82d36e37db49fd41ecc378c22fd29392e96a37dd0247797b168ad1cc7f5dbec825a1ee66535b – before 536f5bbc322eb1e175bdd1ced22b236a951c4d8f37dd0247797b168ad1cc7f5dbec825a1ee66535b – before f87b9b7a618c82e7465e872eb10e14c80387189237dd0247797b168ad1cc7f5dbec825a1ee66535b – before ce569b389a5c78d64788a5ea94560e17fa574b3537dd0247797b168ad1cc7f5dbec825a1ee66535b – before 5437a279804ced8088cabb945dba88a26d828f8c37dd0247797b168ad1cc7f5dbec825a1ee66535b – before 9a56796ad258786d3624eef5aefba394fc9bdded |
| Linux | Linux | 3.18 |
Weakness: CWE-401 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/886f186328b718400dbf79e1bc8cbcbd710ab766
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/380a82d36e37db49fd41ecc378c22fd29392e96a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/536f5bbc322eb1e175bdd1ced22b236a951c4d8f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f87b9b7a618c82e7465e872eb10e14c803871892
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce569b389a5c78d64788a5ea94560e17fa574b35
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5437a279804ced8088cabb945dba88a26d828f8c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a56796ad258786d3624eef5aefba394fc9bdded
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html