Critical severity · published Apr 22, 2026
CVE-2026-31501
net: ti: icssg-prueth: fix use-after-free of CPPI descriptor in RX path
9.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ti: icssg-prueth: fix use-after-free of CPPI descriptor in RX path
cppi5_hdesc_get_psdata() returns a pointer into the CPPI descriptor.
In both emac_rx_packet() and emac_rx_packet_zc(), the descriptor is
freed via k3_cppi_desc_pool_free() before the psdata pointer is used
by emac_rx_timestamp(), which dereferences psdata[0] and psdata[1].
This constitutes a use-after-free on every received packet that goes
through the timestamp path.
Defer the descriptor free until after all accesses through the psdata
pointer are complete. For emac_rx_packet(), move the free into the
requeue label so both early-exit and success paths free the descriptor
after all accesses are done. For emac_rx_packet_zc(), move the free to
the end of the loop body after emac_dispatch_skb_zc() (which calls
emac_rx_timestamp()) has returned.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
6.15.1 before 6.19.11; 6.15; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; +3 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
46eeb90f03e03d5e8f7f9f1f0eb0792104fc5f86 before c516c2e06fe580b8d38de60cd407072a5de81506; 46eeb90f03e03d5e8f7f9f1f0eb0792104fc5f86 before d5827316debcb677679bb014885d7be92c410e11; 46eeb90f03e03d5e8f7f9f1f0eb0792104fc5f86 before eb8c426c9803beb171f89d15fea17505eb517714; 6.15 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31501
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31501
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c516c2e06fe580b8d38de60cd407072a5de81506
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5827316debcb677679bb014885d7be92c410e11
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb8c426c9803beb171f89d15fea17505eb517714
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