CVE-2026-98052 (GCVE-0-2026-98052)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-25 10:24
Modified
2026-10-19 09:12
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bcmasp: clear txcb->last before writing each descriptor bcmasp_xmit() only wrote txcb->last = true for the final fragment of an SKB; non-final fragments left the field untouched. If a descriptor slot was reused while it still held a stale true from a previous SKB (possible when tx_spb_ring_full() underreported fullness), bcmasp_tx_reclaim() would see last == true mid-SKB and call dev_consume_skb_any() prematurely, freeing the sk_buff while its remaining fragments were still in flight. Unconditionally clear txcb->last before the conditional set so every descriptor slot starts from a known false state regardless of what a prior transmission left behind.
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Linux Linux Version: 490cb412007de593e07c1d3e2b1ec4233886707c
Version: 490cb412007de593e07c1d3e2b1ec4233886707c
Version: 490cb412007de593e07c1d3e2b1ec4233886707c
Version: 490cb412007de593e07c1d3e2b1ec4233886707c
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