GHSA-6XXJ-984X-2F74
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-22 15:31 – Updated: 2026-04-27 15:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ti: icssg-prueth: fix use-after-free of CPPI descriptor in RX path
cppi5_hdesc_get_psdata() returns a pointer into the CPPI descriptor. In both emac_rx_packet() and emac_rx_packet_zc(), the descriptor is freed via k3_cppi_desc_pool_free() before the psdata pointer is used by emac_rx_timestamp(), which dereferences psdata[0] and psdata[1]. This constitutes a use-after-free on every received packet that goes through the timestamp path.
Defer the descriptor free until after all accesses through the psdata pointer are complete. For emac_rx_packet(), move the free into the requeue label so both early-exit and success paths free the descriptor after all accesses are done. For emac_rx_packet_zc(), move the free to the end of the loop body after emac_dispatch_skb_zc() (which calls emac_rx_timestamp()) has returned.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-31501"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-416"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-04-22T14:16:48Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: ti: icssg-prueth: fix use-after-free of CPPI descriptor in RX path\n\ncppi5_hdesc_get_psdata() returns a pointer into the CPPI descriptor.\nIn both emac_rx_packet() and emac_rx_packet_zc(), the descriptor is\nfreed via k3_cppi_desc_pool_free() before the psdata pointer is used\nby emac_rx_timestamp(), which dereferences psdata[0] and psdata[1].\nThis constitutes a use-after-free on every received packet that goes\nthrough the timestamp path.\n\nDefer the descriptor free until after all accesses through the psdata\npointer are complete. For emac_rx_packet(), move the free into the\nrequeue label so both early-exit and success paths free the descriptor\nafter all accesses are done. For emac_rx_packet_zc(), move the free to\nthe end of the loop body after emac_dispatch_skb_zc() (which calls\nemac_rx_timestamp()) has returned.",
"id": "GHSA-6xxj-984x-2f74",
"modified": "2026-04-27T15:30:39Z",
"published": "2026-04-22T15:31:43Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31501"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5827316debcb677679bb014885d7be92c410e11"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb8c426c9803beb171f89d15fea17505eb517714"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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