Critical severity · published Aug 15, 2026
CVE-2026-74545
rtase: fix double free of multi-frag skb on DMA map failure
9.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rtase: fix double free of multi-frag skb on DMA map failure
In rtase_start_xmit(), when the head buffer DMA mapping fails after
rtase_xmit_frags() has mapped all fragments, the error path clears
the fragment descriptors with rtase_tx_clear_range(), which frees
the skb through the last-frag slot and accounts tx_dropped. Control
then falls through to the common error label, which frees the same
skb a second time and counts it again.
Return right after clearing the fragments when the skb owns frags;
the no-frag case still drops through and frees the head skb once.
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)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
d6e882b89fdf80be0ab4f914ec10f75215e49495 before 4f09172aff5f73a5e914f4fbc0d00a1c2ea9f7cb; d6e882b89fdf80be0ab4f914ec10f75215e49495 before db986098f30881fafcc752800aa3b13fd289c922; d6e882b89fdf80be0ab4f914ec10f75215e49495 before de691dc3227b061c4d0beba9f0128fe1ff33dd68; d6e882b89fdf80be0ab4f914ec10f75215e49495 before 6fb7b769d6ed6d1d2e02af4a80e57a2477f35086; 6.12 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74545
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74545
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f09172aff5f73a5e914f4fbc0d00a1c2ea9f7cb
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fb7b769d6ed6d1d2e02af4a80e57a2477f35086
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db986098f30881fafcc752800aa3b13fd289c922
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de691dc3227b061c4d0beba9f0128fe1ff33dd68
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