Vulnerabilities

Linux Kernel skbuff skb_zerocopy Improper Ownership Management Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Linux Kernel. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2026-99284.

Read at Zero Day Initiative published advisories

Vendor

Linux kernel

Product

Linux kernel

CVSS

7.8

EPSS

0.002 (p11)

Exposure class

Operating system

• Zero Day Initiative published advisories (zerodayinitiative.com)
• CVE-2026-99284 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia

Other items that share a CVE or were clustered with this one.

1. 24
   CVE NVD 6d ago

   In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: skbuff: propagate shared-frag marker in skb_zerocopy() skb_zerocopy() moves…

   Fix available CVE-2026-99284 Linux kernel