ice: prevent tstamp ring allocation for non-PF VSI types (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-68292
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At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.17 % · percentile 6 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Received

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: prevent tstamp ring allocation for non-PF VSI types The pf->txtime_txqs bitmap tracks which Tx queues have ETF (Earliest TxTime First) offload enabled. This bitmap is indexed by queue number and is set by ice_offload_txtime(), which only operates on PF VSI queues. However, ice_is_txtime_ena() does not check the VSI type before consulting the bitmap. When ETF offload is enabled on PF Tx queue 0, bit 0 is set in pf->txtime_txqs. During a subsequent PCI reset rebuild, the CTRL VSI's Tx queue 0 is reconfigured and ice_is_txtime_ena() is called for that ring. Since it only checks pf->txtime_txqs by queue index without distinguishing VSI type, it finds bit 0 set and returns true, matching the PF VSI's ETF queue, not the CTRL VSI's. This causes ice_vsi_cfg_txq() to spuriously allocate a tstamp_ring for the CTRL VSI ring. Since CTRL VSI rings have no associated netdev, ice_clean_tx_ring() takes an early return at the !netdev check before reaching ice_free_tx_tstamp_ring(), leaking the allocation. Each PCI reset leaks one 64-byte tstamp_ring. Fix this by restricting ice_is_txtime_ena() to return true only for PF VSI rings, since txtime_txqs is only meaningful for PF VSI queues.

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Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected ccde82e909467abdf098a8ee6f63e1ecf9a47ce5 < 684d4d0bda95a3fb21b3e29ff0f668f657707b54 ; affected ccde82e909467abdf098a8ee6f63e1ecf9a47ce5 < d0a21604c6abfa4956f3a511a1de174cec77a812 ; affected ccde82e909467abdf098a8ee6f63e1ecf9a47ce5 < 144539bbfd3cea1ab0fb6f5216d6004c1f4f029b
Linux · Linuxaffected 6.18 ; unaffected 0 < 6.18 ; unaffected 6.18.42 ≤ 6.18.* ; unaffected 7.1.6 ≤ 7.1.* ; unaffected 7.2 ≤ *

Sources

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CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD