CVE-2026-45891
HighCVSS 7.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs
Summary
In the Linux kernel's hns3 network driver, a double-free vulnerability exists for the tx spare buffer. The issue occurs because the tx_spare pointer in the original ring structure is incorrectly left pointing to old backup memory after a temporary copy is created. When memory allocation fails during ring initialization, the error path erroneously frees the same buffer twice.
Risk Assessment
Double-freeing memory can corrupt kernel memory management structures, leading to system instability, kernel panic, or potentially arbitrary code execution.
Recommendation
Apply the latest Linux kernel patch that sets the tx_spare pointer to NULL in the original ring structure when creation of the new spare buffer fails. This ensures the error cleanup path only frees genuinely newly allocated buffers.
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Original NVD description (English source)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hns3: fix double free issue for tx spare buffer In hns3_set_ringparam(), a temporary copy (tmp_rings) of the ring structure is created for rollback. However, the tx_spare pointer in the original ring handle is incorrectly left pointing to the old backup memory. Later, if memory allocation fails in hns3_init_all_ring() during the setup, the error path attempts to free all newly allocated rings. Since tx_spare contains a stale (non-NULL) pointer from the backup, it is mistaken for a newly allocated buffer and is erroneously freed, leading to a double-free of the backup memory. The root cause is that the tx_spare field was not cleared after its value was saved in tmp_rings, leaving a dangling pointer. Fix this by setting tx_spare to NULL in the original ring structure when the creation of the new `tx_spare` fails. This ensures the error cleanup path only frees genuinely newly allocated buffers.
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