CVE-2026-99044
Received Received - Intake

Use-After-Free in Linux Kernel Ice Driver

Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-99044, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-10-23

Last updated on: 2026-10-23

Assigner: kernel.org

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: fix use-after-free in dynamic port cleanup ice_dealloc_dynamic_port() uses dyn_port->vsi->idx to erase the dynamic port from pf->dyn_ports. However, it frees the VSI before reading the index for the erase, resulting in a use-after-free. Follow the reverse of the allocation order in ice_alloc_dynamic_port() by erasing the xarray entry before freeing the VSI.

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Published
2026-10-23
Last Modified
2026-10-23
Generated
2026-10-23
EPSS Evaluated
N/A
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Linux Linux eda69d654c7edae21312f731e0308941cb2ee2a9
Linux Linux eda69d654c7edae21312f731e0308941cb2ee2a9
Linux Linux eda69d654c7edae21312f731e0308941cb2ee2a9
Linux Linux eda69d654c7edae21312f731e0308941cb2ee2a9
Linux Linux 6.12

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CWE-UNKNOWN

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