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linux kernel vulnerability (CVE-2026-43500)
HIGH
watchNVDCVE-2026-43500
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rxrpc: Also unshare DATA/RESPONSE packets when paged frags are present
The DATA-packet handler in rxrpc_input_call_event() and the RESPONSE
handler in rxrpc_verify_response() copy the skb to a linear one before
calling into the security ops only when skb_cloned() is true. An skb
that is not cloned but still carries externally-owned paged fragments
(e.g. SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG set by splice() into a UDP socket via
__ip_append_data, or a chained skb_has_frag_list()) falls through to
the in-place decryption path, which binds the frag pages directly into
the AEAD/skcipher SGL via skb_to_sgvec().
Extend the gate to also unshare when skb_has_frag_list() or
skb_has_shared_frag() is true. This catches the splice-loopback vector
and other externally-shared frag sources while preserving the
zero-copy fast path for skbs whose frags are kernel-private (e.g. NIC
page_pool RX, GRO). The OOM/trace handling already in place is reused.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
spi: rockchip-sfc: Fix double-free in remove() callback
The driver uses devm_spi_register_controller() for registration, which
automatically unregisters the controller via devm cleanup when the
device is removed. The manual call to spi_unregister_controller() in
the remove() callback can lead to a double-free.
And to make sure controller is unregistered before DMA buffer is
unmapped, switch to use spi_register_controller() in probe().
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
serial: caif: hold tty->link reference in ldisc_open and ser_release
A reproducer triggers a KASAN slab-use-after-free in pty_write_room()
when caif_serial's TX path calls tty_write_room(). The faulting access
is on tty->link->port.
Hold an extra kref on tty->link for the lifetime of the caif_serial line
discipline: get it in ldisc_open() and drop it in ser_release(), and
also drop it on the ldisc_open() error path.
With this change applied, the reproducer no longer triggers the UAF in
my testing.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: fix stack out-of-bounds read in pipapo_drop()
pipapo_drop() passes rulemap[i + 1].n to pipapo_unmap() as the
to_offset argument on every iteration, including the last one where
i == m->field_count - 1. This reads one element past the end of the
stack-allocated rulemap array (declared as rulemap[NFT_PIPAPO_MAX_FIELDS]
with NFT_PIPAPO_MAX_FIELDS == 16).
Although pipapo_unmap() returns early when is_last is true without
using the to_offset value, the argument is evaluated at the call site
before the function body executes, making this a genuine out-of-bounds
stack read confirmed by KASAN:
BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in pipapo_drop+0x50c/0x57c [nf_tables]
Read of size 4 at addr ffff8000810e71a4
This frame has 1 object:
[32, 160) 'rulemap'
The buggy address is at offset 164 -- exactly 4 bytes past the end
of the rulemap array.
Pass 0 instead of rulemap[i + 1].n on the last iteration to avoid
the out-of-bounds read.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nfnetlink_cthelper: fix OOB read in nfnl_cthelper_dump_table()
nfnl_cthelper_dump_table() has a 'goto restart' that jumps to a label
inside the for loop body. When the "last" helper saved in cb->args[1]
is deleted between dump rounds, every entry fails the (cur != last)
check, so cb->args[1] is never cleared. The for loop finishes with
cb->args[0] == nf_ct_helper_hsize, and the 'goto restart' jumps back
into the loop body bypassing the bounds check, causing an 8-byte
out-of-bounds read on nf_ct_helper_hash[nf_ct_helper_hsize].
The 'goto restart' block was meant to re-traverse the current bucket
when "last" is no longer found, but it was placed after the for loop
instead of inside it. Move the block into the for loop body so that
the restart only occurs while cb->args[0] is still within bounds.
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nfnl_cthelper_dump_table+0x9f/0x1b0
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888104ca3000 by task poc_cthelper/131
Call Trace:
nfnl_cthelper_dump_table+0x9f/0x1b0
netlink_dump+0x333/0x880
netlink_recvmsg+0x3e2/0x4b0
sock_recvmsg+0xde/0xf0
__sys_recvfrom+0x150/0x200
__x64_sys_recvfrom+0x76/0x90
do_syscall_64+0xc3/0x6e0
Allocated by task 1:
__kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x21b/0x700
nf_ct_alloc_hashtable+0x65/0xd0
nf_conntrack_helper_init+0x21/0x60
nf_conntrack_init_start+0x18d/0x300
nf_conntrack_standalone_init+0x12/0xc0
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mana: Null service_wq on setup error to prevent double destroy
In mana_gd_setup() error path, set gc->service_wq to NULL after
destroy_workqueue() to match the cleanup in mana_gd_cleanup().
This prevents a use-after-free if the workqueue pointer is checked
after a failed setup.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: class: cdc-wdm: fix reordering issue in read code path
Quoting the bug report:
Due to compiler optimization or CPU out-of-order execution, the
desc->length update can be reordered before the memmove. If this
happens, wdm_read() can see the new length and call copy_to_user() on
uninitialized memory. This also violates LKMM data race rules [1].
Fix it by using WRITE_ONCE and memory barriers.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: renesas_usbhs: fix use-after-free in ISR during device removal
In usbhs_remove(), the driver frees resources (including the pipe array)
while the interrupt handler (usbhs_interrupt) is still registered. If an
interrupt fires after usbhs_pipe_remove() but before the driver is fully
unbound, the ISR may access freed memory, causing a use-after-free.
Fix this by calling devm_free_irq() before freeing resources. This ensures
the interrupt handler is both disabled and synchronized (waits for any
running ISR to complete) before usbhs_pipe_remove() is called.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hwmon: (pmbus/q54sj108a2) fix stack overflow in debugfs read
The q54sj108a2_debugfs_read function suffers from a stack buffer overflow
due to incorrect arguments passed to bin2hex(). The function currently
passes 'data' as the destination and 'data_char' as the source.
Because bin2hex() converts each input byte into two hex characters, a
32-byte block read results in 64 bytes of output. Since 'data' is only
34 bytes (I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX + 2), this writes 30 bytes past the end
of the buffer onto the stack.
Additionally, the arguments were swapped: it was reading from the
zero-initialized 'data_char' and writing to 'data', resulting in
all-zero output regardless of the actual I2C read.
Fix this by:
1. Expanding 'data_char' to 66 bytes to safely hold the hex output.
2. Correcting the bin2hex() argument order and using the actual read count.
3. Using a pointer to select the correct output buffer for the final
simple_read_from_buffer call.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: server: fix use-after-free in smb2_open()
The opinfo pointer obtained via rcu_dereference(fp->f_opinfo) is
dereferenced after rcu_read_unlock(), creating a use-after-free
window.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cpufreq: governor: fix double free in cpufreq_dbs_governor_init() error path
When kobject_init_and_add() fails, cpufreq_dbs_governor_init() calls
kobject_put(&dbs_data->attr_set.kobj).
The kobject release callback cpufreq_dbs_data_release() calls
gov->exit(dbs_data) and kfree(dbs_data), but the current error path
then calls gov->exit(dbs_data) and kfree(dbs_data) again, causing a
double free.
Keep the direct kfree(dbs_data) for the gov->init() failure path, but
after kobject_init_and_add() has been called, let kobject_put() handle
the cleanup through cpufreq_dbs_data_release().
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mailbox: Prevent out-of-bounds access in fw_mbox_index_xlate()
Although it is guided that `#mbox-cells` must be at least 1, there are
many instances of `#mbox-cells = <0>;` in the device tree. If that is
the case and the corresponding mailbox controller does not provide
`fw_xlate` and of_xlate` function pointers, `fw_mbox_index_xlate()` will
be used by default and out-of-bounds accesses could occur due to lack of
bounds check in that function.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: mana: Fix double destroy_workqueue on service rescan PCI path
While testing corner cases in the driver, a use-after-free crash
was found on the service rescan PCI path.
When mana_serv_reset() calls mana_gd_suspend(), mana_gd_cleanup()
destroys gc->service_wq. If the subsequent mana_gd_resume() fails
with -ETIMEDOUT or -EPROTO, the code falls through to
mana_serv_rescan() which triggers pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device().
This invokes the PCI .remove callback (mana_gd_remove), which calls
mana_gd_cleanup() a second time, attempting to destroy the already-
freed workqueue. Fix this by NULL-checking gc->service_wq in
mana_gd_cleanup() and setting it to NULL after destruction.
Call stack of issue for reference:
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] Call Trace:
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] <TASK>
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] mana_gd_cleanup+0x33/0x70 [mana]
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] mana_gd_remove+0x3a/0xc0 [mana]
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] pci_device_remove+0x41/0xb0
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] device_remove+0x46/0x70
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] device_release_driver_internal+0x1e3/0x250
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] device_release_driver+0x12/0x20
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] pci_stop_bus_device+0x6a/0x90
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device+0x13/0x30
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] mana_do_service+0x180/0x290 [mana]
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] mana_serv_func+0x24/0x50 [mana]
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] process_one_work+0x190/0x3d0
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] worker_thread+0x16e/0x2e0
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] kthread+0xf7/0x130
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] ret_from_fork+0x269/0x350
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] </TASK>
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bnxt_en: Fix RSS context delete logic
We need to free the corresponding RSS context VNIC
in FW everytime an RSS context is deleted in driver.
Commit 667ac333dbb7 added a check to delete the VNIC
in FW only when netif_running() is true to help delete
RSS contexts with interface down.
Having that condition will make the driver leak VNICs
in FW whenever close() happens with active RSS contexts.
On the subsequent open(), as part of RSS context restoration,
we will end up trying to create extra VNICs for which we
did not make any reservation. FW can fail this request,
thereby making us lose active RSS contexts.
Suppose an RSS context is deleted already and we try to
process a delete request again, then the HWRM functions
will check for validity of the request and they simply
return if the resource is already freed. So, even for
delete-when-down cases, netif_running() check is not
necessary.
Remove the netif_running() condition check when deleting
an RSS context.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: chipidea: udc: fix DMA and SG cleanup in _ep_nuke()
The ChipIdea UDC driver can encounter "not page aligned sg buffer"
errors when a USB device is reconnected after being disconnected
during an active transfer. This occurs because _ep_nuke() returns
requests to the gadget layer without properly unmapping DMA buffers
or cleaning up scatter-gather bounce buffers.
Root cause:
When a disconnect happens during a multi-segment DMA transfer, the
request's num_mapped_sgs field and sgt.sgl pointer remain set with
stale values. The request is returned to the gadget driver with status
-ESHUTDOWN but still has active DMA state. If the gadget driver reuses
this request on reconnect without reinitializing it, the stale DMA
state causes _hardware_enqueue() to skip DMA mapping (seeing non-zero
num_mapped_sgs) and attempt to use freed/invalid DMA addresses,
leading to alignment errors and potential memory corruption.
The normal completion path via _hardware_dequeue() properly calls
usb_gadget_unmap_request_by_dev() and sglist_do_debounce() before
returning the request. The _ep_nuke() path must do the same cleanup
to ensure requests are returned in a clean, reusable state.
Fix:
Add DMA unmapping and bounce buffer cleanup to _ep_nuke() to mirror
the cleanup sequence in _hardware_dequeue():
- Call usb_gadget_unmap_request_by_dev() if num_mapped_sgs is set
- Call sglist_do_debounce() with copy=false if bounce buffer exists
This ensures that when requests are returned due to endpoint shutdown,
they don't retain stale DMA mappings. The 'false' parameter to
sglist_do_debounce() prevents copying data back (appropriate for
shutdown path where transfer was aborted).
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ntb: ntb_hw_switchtec: Fix array-index-out-of-bounds access
Number of MW LUTs depends on NTB configuration and can be set to MAX_MWS,
This patch protects against invalid index out of bounds access to mw_sizes
When invalid access print message to user that configuration is not valid.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dpaa2-switch: validate num_ifs to prevent out-of-bounds write
The driver obtains sw_attr.num_ifs from firmware via dpsw_get_attributes()
but never validates it against DPSW_MAX_IF (64). This value controls
iteration in dpaa2_switch_fdb_get_flood_cfg(), which writes port indices
into the fixed-size cfg->if_id[DPSW_MAX_IF] array. When firmware reports
num_ifs >= 64, the loop can write past the array bounds.
Add a bound check for num_ifs in dpaa2_switch_init().
dpaa2_switch_fdb_get_flood_cfg() appends the control interface (port
num_ifs) after all matched ports. When num_ifs == DPSW_MAX_IF and all
ports match the flood filter, the loop fills all 64 slots and the control
interface write overflows by one entry.
The check uses >= because num_ifs == DPSW_MAX_IF is also functionally
broken.
build_if_id_bitmap() silently drops any ID >= 64:
if (id[i] < DPSW_MAX_IF)
bmap[id[i] / 64] |= ...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
soc: ti: pruss: Fix double free in pruss_clk_mux_setup()
In the pruss_clk_mux_setup(), the devm_add_action_or_reset() indirectly
calls pruss_of_free_clk_provider(), which calls of_node_put(clk_mux_np)
on the error path. However, after the devm_add_action_or_reset()
returns, the of_node_put(clk_mux_np) is called again, causing a double
free.
Fix by returning directly, to avoid the duplicate of_node_put().
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
procfs: fix possible double mmput() in do_procmap_query()
When user provides incorrectly sized buffer for build ID for PROCMAP_QUERY
we return with -ENAMETOOLONG error. After recent changes this condition
happens later, after we unlocked mmap_lock/per-VMA lock and did mmput(),
so original goto out is now wrong and will double-mmput() mm_struct. Fix
by jumping further to clean up only vm_file and name_buf.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rxrpc: Also unshare DATA/RESPONSE packets when paged frags are present
The DATA-packet handler in rxrpc_input_call_event() and the RESPONSE
handler in rxrpc_verify_response() copy the skb to a linear one before
calling into the security ops only when skb_cloned() is true. An skb
that is not cloned but still carries externally-owned paged fragments
(e.g. SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG set by splice() into a UDP socket via
__ip_append_data, or a chained skb_has_frag_list()) falls through to
the in-place decryption path, which binds the frag pages directly into
the AEAD/skcipher SGL via skb_to_sgvec().
Extend the gate to also unshare when skb_has_frag_list() or
skb_has_shared_frag() is true. This catches the splice-loopback vector
and other externally-shared frag sources while preserving the
zero-copy fast path for skbs whose frags are kernel-private (e.g. NIC
page_pool RX, GRO). The OOM/trace handling already in place is reused.
linux kernel
HIGHCVE-2026-43500
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Priority score blends severity, KEV, recency, source signal, and EPSS where available. 1.7% EPSS.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
spi: rockchip-sfc: Fix double-free in remove() callback
The driver uses devm_spi_register_controller() for registration, which
automatically unregisters the controller via devm cleanup when the
device is removed. The manual call to spi_unregister_controller() in
the remove() callback can lead to a double-free.
And to make sure controller is unregistered before DMA buffer is
unmapped, switch to use spi_register_controller() in probe().
linux kernel
HIGHCVE-2026-43460
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Priority score blends severity, KEV, recency, source signal, and EPSS where available. 0.0% EPSS.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
serial: caif: hold tty->link reference in ldisc_open and ser_release
A reproducer triggers a KASAN slab-use-after-free in pty_write_room()
when caif_serial's TX path calls tty_write_room(). The faulting access
is on tty->link->port.
Hold an extra kref on tty->link for the lifetime of the caif_serial line
discipline: get it in ldisc_open() and drop it in ser_release(), and
also drop it on the ldisc_open() error path.
With this change applied, the reproducer no longer triggers the UAF in
my testing.
linux kernel
HIGHCVE-2026-43458
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Priority score blends severity, KEV, recency, source signal, and EPSS where available. 0.0% EPSS.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: fix stack out-of-bounds read in pipapo_drop()
pipapo_drop() passes rulemap[i + 1].n to pipapo_unmap() as the
to_offset argument on every iteration, including the last one where
i == m->field_count - 1. This reads one element past the end of the
stack-allocated rulemap array (declared as rulemap[NFT_PIPAPO_MAX_FIELDS]
with NFT_PIPAPO_MAX_FIELDS == 16).
Although pipapo_unmap() returns early when is_last is true without
using the to_offset value, the argument is evaluated at the call site
before the function body executes, making this a genuine out-of-bounds
stack read confirmed by KASAN:
BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in pipapo_drop+0x50c/0x57c [nf_tables]
Read of size 4 at addr ffff8000810e71a4
This frame has 1 object:
[32, 160) 'rulemap'
The buggy address is at offset 164 -- exactly 4 bytes past the end
of the rulemap array.
Pass 0 instead of rulemap[i + 1].n on the last iteration to avoid
the out-of-bounds read.
linux kernel
HIGHCVE-2026-43453
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Priority score blends severity, KEV, recency, source signal, and EPSS where available. 0.0% EPSS.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nfnetlink_cthelper: fix OOB read in nfnl_cthelper_dump_table()
nfnl_cthelper_dump_table() has a 'goto restart' that jumps to a label
inside the for loop body. When the "last" helper saved in cb->args[1]
is deleted between dump rounds, every entry fails the (cur != last)
check, so cb->args[1] is never cleared. The for loop finishes with
cb->args[0] == nf_ct_helper_hsize, and the 'goto restart' jumps back
into the loop body bypassing the bounds check, causing an 8-byte
out-of-bounds read on nf_ct_helper_hash[nf_ct_helper_hsize].
The 'goto restart' block was meant to re-traverse the current bucket
when "last" is no longer found, but it was placed after the for loop
instead of inside it. Move the block into the for loop body so that
the restart only occurs while cb->args[0] is still within bounds.
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nfnl_cthelper_dump_table+0x9f/0x1b0
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888104ca3000 by task poc_cthelper/131
Call Trace:
nfnl_cthelper_dump_table+0x9f/0x1b0
netlink_dump+0x333/0x880
netlink_recvmsg+0x3e2/0x4b0
sock_recvmsg+0xde/0xf0
__sys_recvfrom+0x150/0x200
__x64_sys_recvfrom+0x76/0x90
do_syscall_64+0xc3/0x6e0
Allocated by task 1:
__kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x21b/0x700
nf_ct_alloc_hashtable+0x65/0xd0
nf_conntrack_helper_init+0x21/0x60
nf_conntrack_init_start+0x18d/0x300
nf_conntrack_standalone_init+0x12/0xc0
linux kernel
HIGHCVE-2026-43450
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Priority score blends severity, KEV, recency, source signal, and EPSS where available. 0.0% EPSS.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mana: Null service_wq on setup error to prevent double destroy
In mana_gd_setup() error path, set gc->service_wq to NULL after
destroy_workqueue() to match the cleanup in mana_gd_cleanup().
This prevents a use-after-free if the workqueue pointer is checked
after a failed setup.
linux kernel
HIGHCVE-2026-43440
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Priority score blends severity, KEV, recency, source signal, and EPSS where available. 0.0% EPSS.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: class: cdc-wdm: fix reordering issue in read code path
Quoting the bug report:
Due to compiler optimization or CPU out-of-order execution, the
desc->length update can be reordered before the memmove. If this
happens, wdm_read() can see the new length and call copy_to_user() on
uninitialized memory. This also violates LKMM data race rules [1].
Fix it by using WRITE_ONCE and memory barriers.
linux kernel
HIGHCVE-2026-43427
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Priority score blends severity, KEV, recency, source signal, and EPSS where available. 0.0% EPSS.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: renesas_usbhs: fix use-after-free in ISR during device removal
In usbhs_remove(), the driver frees resources (including the pipe array)
while the interrupt handler (usbhs_interrupt) is still registered. If an
interrupt fires after usbhs_pipe_remove() but before the driver is fully
unbound, the ISR may access freed memory, causing a use-after-free.
Fix this by calling devm_free_irq() before freeing resources. This ensures
the interrupt handler is both disabled and synchronized (waits for any
running ISR to complete) before usbhs_pipe_remove() is called.
linux kernel
HIGHCVE-2026-43426
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Priority score blends severity, KEV, recency, source signal, and EPSS where available. 0.0% EPSS.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hwmon: (pmbus/q54sj108a2) fix stack overflow in debugfs read
The q54sj108a2_debugfs_read function suffers from a stack buffer overflow
due to incorrect arguments passed to bin2hex(). The function currently
passes 'data' as the destination and 'data_char' as the source.
Because bin2hex() converts each input byte into two hex characters, a
32-byte block read results in 64 bytes of output. Since 'data' is only
34 bytes (I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX + 2), this writes 30 bytes past the end
of the buffer onto the stack.
Additionally, the arguments were swapped: it was reading from the
zero-initialized 'data_char' and writing to 'data', resulting in
all-zero output regardless of the actual I2C read.
Fix this by:
1. Expanding 'data_char' to 66 bytes to safely hold the hex output.
2. Correcting the bin2hex() argument order and using the actual read count.
3. Using a pointer to select the correct output buffer for the final
simple_read_from_buffer call.
linux kernel
HIGHCVE-2026-43380
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Priority score blends severity, KEV, recency, source signal, and EPSS where available. 0.0% EPSS.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: server: fix use-after-free in smb2_open()
The opinfo pointer obtained via rcu_dereference(fp->f_opinfo) is
dereferenced after rcu_read_unlock(), creating a use-after-free
window.
linux kernel
HIGHCVE-2026-43378
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Priority score blends severity, KEV, recency, source signal, and EPSS where available. 0.0% EPSS.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cpufreq: governor: fix double free in cpufreq_dbs_governor_init() error path
When kobject_init_and_add() fails, cpufreq_dbs_governor_init() calls
kobject_put(&dbs_data->attr_set.kobj).
The kobject release callback cpufreq_dbs_data_release() calls
gov->exit(dbs_data) and kfree(dbs_data), but the current error path
then calls gov->exit(dbs_data) and kfree(dbs_data) again, causing a
double free.
Keep the direct kfree(dbs_data) for the gov->init() failure path, but
after kobject_init_and_add() has been called, let kobject_put() handle
the cleanup through cpufreq_dbs_data_release().
linux kernel
HIGHCVE-2026-43328
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mailbox: Prevent out-of-bounds access in fw_mbox_index_xlate()
Although it is guided that `#mbox-cells` must be at least 1, there are
many instances of `#mbox-cells = <0>;` in the device tree. If that is
the case and the corresponding mailbox controller does not provide
`fw_xlate` and of_xlate` function pointers, `fw_mbox_index_xlate()` will
be used by default and out-of-bounds accesses could occur due to lack of
bounds check in that function.
linux kernel
HIGHCVE-2026-43281
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: mana: Fix double destroy_workqueue on service rescan PCI path
While testing corner cases in the driver, a use-after-free crash
was found on the service rescan PCI path.
When mana_serv_reset() calls mana_gd_suspend(), mana_gd_cleanup()
destroys gc->service_wq. If the subsequent mana_gd_resume() fails
with -ETIMEDOUT or -EPROTO, the code falls through to
mana_serv_rescan() which triggers pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device().
This invokes the PCI .remove callback (mana_gd_remove), which calls
mana_gd_cleanup() a second time, attempting to destroy the already-
freed workqueue. Fix this by NULL-checking gc->service_wq in
mana_gd_cleanup() and setting it to NULL after destruction.
Call stack of issue for reference:
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] Call Trace:
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] <TASK>
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] mana_gd_cleanup+0x33/0x70 [mana]
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] mana_gd_remove+0x3a/0xc0 [mana]
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] pci_device_remove+0x41/0xb0
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] device_remove+0x46/0x70
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] device_release_driver_internal+0x1e3/0x250
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] device_release_driver+0x12/0x20
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] pci_stop_bus_device+0x6a/0x90
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device+0x13/0x30
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] mana_do_service+0x180/0x290 [mana]
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] mana_serv_func+0x24/0x50 [mana]
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] process_one_work+0x190/0x3d0
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] worker_thread+0x16e/0x2e0
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] kthread+0xf7/0x130
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] ret_from_fork+0x269/0x350
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[Sat Feb 21 18:53:48 2026] </TASK>
linux kernel
HIGHCVE-2026-43276
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Priority score blends severity, KEV, recency, source signal, and EPSS where available. 0.0% EPSS.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bnxt_en: Fix RSS context delete logic
We need to free the corresponding RSS context VNIC
in FW everytime an RSS context is deleted in driver.
Commit 667ac333dbb7 added a check to delete the VNIC
in FW only when netif_running() is true to help delete
RSS contexts with interface down.
Having that condition will make the driver leak VNICs
in FW whenever close() happens with active RSS contexts.
On the subsequent open(), as part of RSS context restoration,
we will end up trying to create extra VNICs for which we
did not make any reservation. FW can fail this request,
thereby making us lose active RSS contexts.
Suppose an RSS context is deleted already and we try to
process a delete request again, then the HWRM functions
will check for validity of the request and they simply
return if the resource is already freed. So, even for
delete-when-down cases, netif_running() check is not
necessary.
Remove the netif_running() condition check when deleting
an RSS context.
linux kernel
HIGHCVE-2026-43260
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: chipidea: udc: fix DMA and SG cleanup in _ep_nuke()
The ChipIdea UDC driver can encounter "not page aligned sg buffer"
errors when a USB device is reconnected after being disconnected
during an active transfer. This occurs because _ep_nuke() returns
requests to the gadget layer without properly unmapping DMA buffers
or cleaning up scatter-gather bounce buffers.
Root cause:
When a disconnect happens during a multi-segment DMA transfer, the
request's num_mapped_sgs field and sgt.sgl pointer remain set with
stale values. The request is returned to the gadget driver with status
-ESHUTDOWN but still has active DMA state. If the gadget driver reuses
this request on reconnect without reinitializing it, the stale DMA
state causes _hardware_enqueue() to skip DMA mapping (seeing non-zero
num_mapped_sgs) and attempt to use freed/invalid DMA addresses,
leading to alignment errors and potential memory corruption.
The normal completion path via _hardware_dequeue() properly calls
usb_gadget_unmap_request_by_dev() and sglist_do_debounce() before
returning the request. The _ep_nuke() path must do the same cleanup
to ensure requests are returned in a clean, reusable state.
Fix:
Add DMA unmapping and bounce buffer cleanup to _ep_nuke() to mirror
the cleanup sequence in _hardware_dequeue():
- Call usb_gadget_unmap_request_by_dev() if num_mapped_sgs is set
- Call sglist_do_debounce() with copy=false if bounce buffer exists
This ensures that when requests are returned due to endpoint shutdown,
they don't retain stale DMA mappings. The 'false' parameter to
sglist_do_debounce() prevents copying data back (appropriate for
shutdown path where transfer was aborted).
linux kernel
HIGHCVE-2026-43250
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Priority score blends severity, KEV, recency, source signal, and EPSS where available. 0.0% EPSS.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ntb: ntb_hw_switchtec: Fix array-index-out-of-bounds access
Number of MW LUTs depends on NTB configuration and can be set to MAX_MWS,
This patch protects against invalid index out of bounds access to mw_sizes
When invalid access print message to user that configuration is not valid.
linux kernel
HIGHCVE-2026-43241
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dpaa2-switch: validate num_ifs to prevent out-of-bounds write
The driver obtains sw_attr.num_ifs from firmware via dpsw_get_attributes()
but never validates it against DPSW_MAX_IF (64). This value controls
iteration in dpaa2_switch_fdb_get_flood_cfg(), which writes port indices
into the fixed-size cfg->if_id[DPSW_MAX_IF] array. When firmware reports
num_ifs >= 64, the loop can write past the array bounds.
Add a bound check for num_ifs in dpaa2_switch_init().
dpaa2_switch_fdb_get_flood_cfg() appends the control interface (port
num_ifs) after all matched ports. When num_ifs == DPSW_MAX_IF and all
ports match the flood filter, the loop fills all 64 slots and the control
interface write overflows by one entry.
The check uses >= because num_ifs == DPSW_MAX_IF is also functionally
broken.
build_if_id_bitmap() silently drops any ID >= 64:
if (id[i] < DPSW_MAX_IF)
bmap[id[i] / 64] |= ...
linux kernel
HIGHCVE-2026-43205
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
soc: ti: pruss: Fix double free in pruss_clk_mux_setup()
In the pruss_clk_mux_setup(), the devm_add_action_or_reset() indirectly
calls pruss_of_free_clk_provider(), which calls of_node_put(clk_mux_np)
on the error path. However, after the devm_add_action_or_reset()
returns, the of_node_put(clk_mux_np) is called again, causing a double
free.
Fix by returning directly, to avoid the duplicate of_node_put().
linux kernel
HIGHCVE-2026-43196
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
procfs: fix possible double mmput() in do_procmap_query()
When user provides incorrectly sized buffer for build ID for PROCMAP_QUERY
we return with -ENAMETOOLONG error. After recent changes this condition
happens later, after we unlocked mmap_lock/per-VMA lock and did mmput(),
so original goto out is now wrong and will double-mmput() mm_struct. Fix
by jumping further to clean up only vm_file and name_buf.
linux kernel
HIGHCVE-2026-43178
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Priority score blends severity, KEV, recency, source signal, and EPSS where available. 0.0% EPSS.
It is the Linux Kernel-specific view inside ITECS Threat Radar, built to track recent advisories, incidents, and watch items that may affect Dallas-area business operations.
How should teams use the Linux Kernel watch page?
Use it to confirm whether current Linux Kernel issues overlap with your environment, prioritize remediation, and decide whether you need an assessment, managed security follow-through, or vendor-specific hardening work.
Can ITECS help respond to Linux Kernel security issues?
Yes. ITECS can help map Linux Kernel advisories against your systems, validate affected services, prioritize remediation, and connect the issue to broader managed cybersecurity or managed IT workflows.
