Bug 2541144 (CVE-2026-98052)

Summary:	CVE-2026-98052 kernel: net: bcmasp: clear txcb->last before writing each descriptor
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Broadcom ASP2.0 Ethernet driver. This vulnerability can result in a Denial of Service (DoS) or system instability due to premature memory deallocation. When handling fragmented network packets, the driver fails to properly clear state flags before reusing transmission descriptor slots, incorrectly marking an in-flight packet as finished. An attacker capable of sending network traffic could trigger this condition to prematurely free active network buffers while they are still in use, causing a kernel crash.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-25 10:51:56 UTC

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.

Comment 1 Keith Grant 2026-09-28 23:38:50 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-98052.mbox