CVE-2026-63973CWE-476

CVE-2026-63973

Medium · published July 19, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

net: mana: Add NULL guards in teardown path to prevent panic on attach failure

When queue allocation fails partway through, the error cleanup frees

and NULLs apc->tx_qp and apc->rxqs. Multiple teardown paths such as

mana_remove(), mana_change_mtu() recovery, and internal error handling

in mana_alloc_queues() can subsequently call into functions that

dereference these pointers without NULL checks:

- mana_chn_setxdp() dereferences apc->rxqs[0], causing a NULL pointer

dereference panic (CR2: 0000000000000000 at mana_chn_setxdp+0x26).

- mana_destroy_vport() iterates apc->rxqs without a NULL check.

- mana_fence_rqs() iterates apc->rxqs without a NULL check.

- mana_dealloc_queues() iterates apc->tx_qp without a NULL check.

Add NULL guards for apc->rxqs in mana_fence_rqs(),

mana_destroy_vport(), and before the mana_chn_setxdp() call. Add a

NULL guard for apc->tx_qp in mana_dealloc_queues() to skip TX queue

draining when TX queues were never allocated or already freed.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00160 · 4.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2026-07-19T20:17Z
Affected products (10)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.13, < 6.1.1766.1.176
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.1436.6.143
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.936.12.93
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.356.18.35
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 7.0.127.0.12
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References (6)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 JUL 14:55Z
    net: mana: Add NULL guards in teardown path to prevent panic on attach failure
    cvelistv5