GHSA-WX7J-G336-W48J
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-17 18:31 – Updated: 2026-09-17 18:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netdevsim: update queue NAPI association on queue reset
In netdevsim, receive queues (struct nsim_rq) embed their own struct napi_struct. When queue reset is performed (e.g. via queue_reset debugfs), nsim_queue_start() swaps in a newly allocated struct nsim_rq, and nsim_queue_mem_free() later deletes and frees the old one.
However, nsim_queue_start() failed to update the queue-to-NAPI mapping via netif_queue_set_napi(). As a result, dev->_rx[idx].napi continued to point to the old NAPI struct. After the old queue was freed, a subsequent queue dump via Netlink (NETDEV_CMD_QUEUE_GET) triggered a KASAN slab-use-after-free read in nla_put_napi_id() when accessing rxq->napi->napi_id.
Fix this by calling netif_queue_set_napi() in nsim_queue_start() to associate the new NAPI with the RX queue, and clear the association with netif_queue_set_napi(..., NULL) in nsim_del_napi() during teardown.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-90113"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-09-17T17:17:03Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetdevsim: update queue NAPI association on queue reset\n\nIn netdevsim, receive queues (struct nsim_rq) embed their own struct\nnapi_struct. When queue reset is performed (e.g. via queue_reset\ndebugfs), nsim_queue_start() swaps in a newly allocated struct nsim_rq,\nand nsim_queue_mem_free() later deletes and frees the old one.\n\nHowever, nsim_queue_start() failed to update the queue-to-NAPI mapping\nvia netif_queue_set_napi(). As a result, dev-\u003e_rx[idx].napi continued to\npoint to the old NAPI struct. After the old queue was freed, a subsequent\nqueue dump via Netlink (NETDEV_CMD_QUEUE_GET) triggered a KASAN\nslab-use-after-free read in nla_put_napi_id() when accessing\nrxq-\u003enapi-\u003enapi_id.\n\nFix this by calling netif_queue_set_napi() in nsim_queue_start() to\nassociate the new NAPI with the RX queue, and clear the association\nwith netif_queue_set_napi(..., NULL) in nsim_del_napi() during teardown.",
"id": "GHSA-wx7j-g336-w48j",
"modified": "2026-09-17T18:31:51Z",
"published": "2026-09-17T18:31:51Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90113"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07e98a4d5e9c292eae97c9cc5ab0937384e48492"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8f32b0804b4bf0cba0ee0a093e3fd74f11d7166"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db038ac4dca0fa626199e9c297eddd8362be0550"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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