Interface shutdown hang via stuck NAPI polling
Published Aug 28, 2026 · Updated Aug 28, 2026
Denial of service in the Linux igc driver allows local users to leave an affected network interface unable to shut down. After an AF_XDP zero-copy process exits abruptly, igc_clean_rx_irq_zc repeatedly returns a full budget, leaving NAPI_STATE_SCHED set while igc_down spins in napi_synchronize. Exploitation requires local AF_XDP zero-copy access on an igc-backed interface; the resulting hang prevents that interface from completing shutdown.
Summary
What happened
Denial of service in the Linux igc driver allows local users to leave an affected network interface unable to shut down. After an AF_XDP zero-copy process exits abruptly, igc_clean_rx_irq_zc repeatedly returns a full budget, leaving NAPI_STATE_SCHED set while igc_down spins in napi_synchronize. Exploitation requires local AF_XDP zero-copy access on an igc-backed interface; the resulting hang prevents that interface from completing shutdown.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-80715
- Published
- Aug 28, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 28, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 28, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.14
- Affected versionversion=fc9df2a0b520d7d439ecf464794d53e91be74b93 <3b5aee6fcbf6b58112d40d19c8d31fa3f78ee668
- Affected versionversion=fc9df2a0b520d7d439ecf464794d53e91be74b93 <5ffab5b9589c50e4cfc0cf36ffd76c89422d4019
- Affected versionversion=fc9df2a0b520d7d439ecf464794d53e91be74b93 <605585a8d89aaeb0122e9016fdaa92376897a705
- Affected versionversion=fc9df2a0b520d7d439ecf464794d53e91be74b93 <9a2b637aef4e515c2179774888441d00e8a5ae95
- Affected versionversion=fc9df2a0b520d7d439ecf464794d53e91be74b93 <a0f16c337691813f8d8f014c01fff5a368e08898
- Affected versionversion=fc9df2a0b520d7d439ecf464794d53e91be74b93 <ad6e0df267dc96edb7de1fa0a2fb2a70645bff86
- Affected versionversion=fc9df2a0b520d7d439ecf464794d53e91be74b93 <f929a6fe5b7ae1e72d2c6d18cd69ab90dcf689d2
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