CVE-2026-63857

critical

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: airoha: Do not read uninitialized fragment address in airoha_dev_xmit() The transmit loop in airoha_dev_xmit() reads fragment address and length during its final iteration, when the loop index equals skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags, at which point the fragment data is uninitialized. While these values are never consumed, the read itself is unsafe and may trigger a page fault. Fix this by avoiding the fragment read on the last iteration. Additionally, move the skb pointer from the first to the last used packet descriptor, so that airoha_qdma_tx_napi_poll() defers freeing the skb until the final descriptor is processed.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f670fa4b19ceddc6d215dda4997888ccba9bbc61

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d78c8ab7bd84952e053d0c622b7fc1b4ad8a19a3

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bde34e84edc8b5571fbde7e941e175a4293ee1eb

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-19

Updated: 2026-07-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00155