{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-63970 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-63970 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-63970 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-63970 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-63970 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-63970/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-63970/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-63970","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-63970/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-63970","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2026-63970","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-63970","GHSA-mmvg-f8x9-hvr5","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2026-63970","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-63970"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's vsock/virtio driver allows attackers to potentially execute code or escalate privileges via crafted network packets.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-416","name":"Use After Free"},{"id":"CWE-401","name":"Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvsock/virtio: bind uarg before filling zerocopy skb\n\nvirtio_transport_send_pkt_info() allocates or reuses the zerocopy uarg\nbefore entering the send loop, but virtio_transport_alloc_skb() still\nfills the skb before it inherits that uarg. When fixed-buffer vectored\nzerocopy hits MAX_SKB_FRAGS, io_sg_from_iter() may partially attach\nmanaged frags and return -EMSGSIZE. The rollback path call kfree_skb()\nto free an skb that carries SKBFL_MANAGED_FRAG_REFS but no uarg, so\nskb_release_data() falls through to ordinary frag unref.\n\nPass the uarg into virtio_transport_alloc_skb() and bind it immediately\nbefore virtio_transport_fill_skb(). This keeps control or no-payload skbs\nuntouched while ensuring success and rollback share one lifetime rule.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"vsock/virtio: bind uarg before filling zerocopy skb","id":"CVE-2026-63970","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"sctp: fix race between sctp_wait_for_connect and peeloff","id":"CVE-2026-63971"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"ipv6: fix possible infinite loop in rt6_fill_node()","id":"CVE-2026-63969"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-07-19","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-19","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's vsock/virtio driver allows attackers to potentially execute code or escalate privileges via crafted network packets.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-63970/"}