Bug 2492341 (CVE-2026-53008) - CVE-2026-53008 kernel: ice: fix race condition in TX timestamp ring cleanup
Summary: CVE-2026-53008 kernel: ice: fix race condition in TX timestamp ring cleanup
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-53008
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security
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Reported: 2026-06-24 18:06 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-26 18:50 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-24 18:06:46 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ice: fix race condition in TX timestamp ring cleanup

Fix a race condition between ice_free_tx_tstamp_ring() and ice_tx_map()
that can cause a NULL pointer dereference.

ice_free_tx_tstamp_ring currently clears the ICE_TX_FLAGS_TXTIME flag
after NULLing the tstamp_ring. This could allow a concurrent ice_tx_map
call on another CPU to dereference the tstamp_ring, which could lead to
a NULL pointer dereference.

  CPU A:ice_free_tx_tstamp_ring() | CPU B:ice_tx_map()
  --------------------------------|---------------------------------
  tx_ring->tstamp_ring = NULL     |
                                  | ice_is_txtime_cfg() -> true
                                  | tstamp_ring = tx_ring->tstamp_ring
                                  | tstamp_ring->count  // NULL deref!
  flags &= ~ICE_TX_FLAGS_TXTIME   |

Fix by:
1. Reordering ice_free_tx_tstamp_ring() to clear the flag before
   NULLing the pointer, with smp_wmb() to ensure proper ordering.
2. Adding smp_rmb() in ice_tx_map() after the flag check to order the
   flag read before the pointer read, using READ_ONCE() for the
   pointer, and adding a NULL check as a safety net.
3. Converting tx_ring->flags from u8 to DECLARE_BITMAP() and using
   atomic bitops (set_bit(), clear_bit(), test_bit()) for all flag
   operations throughout the driver:
   - ICE_TX_RING_FLAGS_XDP
   - ICE_TX_RING_FLAGS_VLAN_L2TAG1
   - ICE_TX_RING_FLAGS_VLAN_L2TAG2
   - ICE_TX_RING_FLAGS_TXTIME


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