CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-63857
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Undergoing Analysis
- Published
- 2026-07-19
- Last modified
- 2026-10-21
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: airoha: Do not read uninitialized fragment address in airoha_dev_xmit()
The transmit loop in airoha_dev_xmit() reads fragment address and length
during its final iteration, when the loop index equals
skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags, at which point the fragment data is
uninitialized. While these values are never consumed, the read itself is
unsafe and may trigger a page fault. Fix this by avoiding the fragment
read on the last iteration.
Additionally, move the skb pointer from the first to the last used packet
descriptor, so that airoha_qdma_tx_napi_poll() defers freeing the skb
until the final descriptor is processed.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bde34e84edc8b5571fbde7e941e175a4293ee1eb git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d78c8ab7bd84952e053d0c622b7fc1b4ad8a19a3 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dba5f4959653e4c212beb746594952e8645d1115 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f670fa4b19ceddc6d215dda4997888ccba9bbc61 git.kernel.org