CVE-2026-23095

kernel: Kernel: Denial of Service in GUE due to memory leak

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.9

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 4, 2026

Updated · August 14, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Generic UDP Encapsulation (GUE) component of the Linux kernel. A remote attacker could send specially crafted GUE packets with an inner IP protocol of 0. This vulnerability leads to a memory leak, which can result in a Denial of Service (DoS) on the affected system.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime