CVE-2026-31644

net: lan966x: fix use-after-free and leak in lan966x_fdma_reload()

High · published April 24, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

net: lan966x: fix use-after-free and leak in lan966x_fdma_reload()

When lan966x_fdma_reload() fails to allocate new RX buffers, the restore

path restarts DMA using old descriptors whose pages were already freed

via lan966x_fdma_rx_free_pages(). Since page_pool_put_full_page() can

release pages back to the buddy allocator, the hardware may DMA into

memory now owned by other kernel subsystems.

Additionally, on the restore path, the newly created page pool (if

allocation partially succeeded) is overwritten without being destroyed,

leaking it.

Fix both issues by deferring the release of old pages until after the

new allocation succeeds. Save the old page array before the allocation

so old pages can be freed on the success path. On the failure path, the

old descriptors, pages and page pool are all still valid, making the

restore safe. Also ensure the restore path re-enables NAPI and wakes

the netdev, matching the success path.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00170 · 6.1th percentile
Published
2026-04-24T14:44Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 APR 14:44Z
    net: lan966x: fix use-after-free and leak in lan966x_fdma_reload()
    cvelistv5