CVE 7.8 HIGH

iavf: fix PTP use-after-free during reset_CVE-2026-43447

7.8 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iavf: fix PTP use-after-free during reset

Commit 7c01dbfc8a1c5f ("iavf: periodically cache PHC time") introduced a
worker to cache PHC time, but failed to stop it during reset or disable.

This creates a race condition where `iavf_reset_task()` or
`iavf_disable_vf()` free adapter resources (AQ) while the worker is still
running. If the worker triggers `iavf_queue_ptp_cmd()` during teardown, it
accesses freed memory/locks, leading to a crash.

Fix this by calling `iavf_ptp_release()` before tearing down the adapter.
This ensures `ptp_clock_unregister()` synchronously cancels the worker and
cleans up the chardev before the backing resources are destroyed.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-43447
Source Linux
Published May 8, 2026 at 14:22
Modified May 11, 2026 at 06:34

Affected Product

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Version 7c01dbfc8a1c5f8b8e4a7907ab06db1449d478d0
Affected Versions Linux Linux 7c01dbfc8a1c5f8b8e4a7907ab06db1449d478d0
Linux Linux 7c01dbfc8a1c5f8b8e4a7907ab06db1449d478d0
Linux Linux 7c01dbfc8a1c5f8b8e4a7907ab06db1449d478d0
Linux Linux 6.15

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