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CVE-2026-53009
published 2026-06-24

CVE-2026-53009: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: fix double-free of tx_buf skb If ice_tso() or ice_tx_csum() fail, the error path in…

PriorityP338high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.18%
7.7th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: fix double-free of tx_buf skb If ice_tso() or ice_tx_csum() fail, the error path in ice_xmit_frame_ring() frees the skb, but the 'first' tx_buf still points to it and is marked as valid (ICE_TX_BUF_SKB). 'next_to_use' remains unchanged, so the potential problem will likely fix itself when the next packet is transmitted and the tx_buf gets overwritten. But if there is no next packet and the interface is brought down instead, ice_clean_tx_ring() -> ice_unmap_and_free_tx_buf() will find the tx_buf and free the skb for the second time. The fix is to reset the tx_buf type to ICE_TX_BUF_EMPTY in the error path, so that ice_unmap_and_free_tx_buf(). Move the initialization of 'first' up, to ensure it's already valid in case we hit the linearization error path. The bug was spotted by AI while I had it looking for something else. It also proposed an initial version of the patch. I reproduced the bug and tested the fix by adding code to inject failures, on a build with KASAN. I looked for similar bugs in related Intel drivers and did not find any.

Affected

31 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
linuxlinux——
linuxlinux>= d76a60ba7afb89523c88cf2ed3a044ce4180289e < 359906450690a1d70545220bde82ba74f3fd80f8359906450690a1d70545220bde82ba74f3fd80f8
linuxlinux>= d76a60ba7afb89523c88cf2ed3a044ce4180289e < eb6cf492ae991e40e1e5b2d3f32ec06e9cc678dbeb6cf492ae991e40e1e5b2d3f32ec06e9cc678db
linuxlinux>= d76a60ba7afb89523c88cf2ed3a044ce4180289e < 910e498613d5bf4cbe5f298c2613666c38679fab910e498613d5bf4cbe5f298c2613666c38679fab
linuxlinux>= d76a60ba7afb89523c88cf2ed3a044ce4180289e < 4c08fc2119ef0281cfa2cee007acf0a251be55f24c08fc2119ef0281cfa2cee007acf0a251be55f2
linuxlinux>= d76a60ba7afb89523c88cf2ed3a044ce4180289e < 1a303baa715e6b78d6a406aaf335f87ff35acfcd1a303baa715e6b78d6a406aaf335f87ff35acfcd
linuxlinux_kernel——
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.17 < 7.0.107.0.10
redhatenterprise_linux——
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ubuntulinux-gke——
ubuntulinux-hwe-7.0——
ubuntulinux-ibm——
ubuntulinux-nvidia——
ubuntulinux-nvidia-7.0——
ubuntulinux-nvidia-bos——

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vendor_ubuntu9.1CRITICAL
vendor_redhat7.0HIGH
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