CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-53007

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.11%

1th percentile - higher than 1% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's ice driver, a potential NULL pointer dereference was found in the error path of ice_set_ringparam(). The issue occurs because tstamp_ring is nullified without clearing the ICE_TX_RING_FLAGS_TXTIME flag, leading to a NULL dereference in ice_free_tx_tstamp_ring() if ice_setup_tx_ring() fails.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves possible system hang or kernel panic during error handling of transmit ring configuration, potentially disrupting network services and causing downtime.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that clears the ICE_TX_RING_FLAGS_TXTIME flag when nullifying tstamp_ring. Update to a kernel version containing this fix.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: fix potential NULL pointer deref in error path of ice_set_ringparam() ice_set_ringparam nullifies tstamp_ring of temporary tx_rings, without clearing ICE_TX_RING_FLAGS_TXTIME bit. When ICE_TX_RING_FLAGS_TXTIME is set and the subsequent ice_setup_tx_ring() call fails, a NULL pointer dereference could happen in the unwinding sequence: ice_clean_tx_ring() -> ice_is_txtime_cfg() == true (ICE_TX_RING_FLAGS_TXTIME is set) -> ice_free_tx_tstamp_ring() -> ice_free_tstamp_ring() -> tstamp_ring->desc (NULL deref) Clear ICE_TX_RING_FLAGS_TXTIME bit to avoid the potential issue. Note that this potential issue is found by manual code review. Compile test only since unfortunately I don't have E830 devices.

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