CVE-2026-53298 PUBLISHED

net: airoha: Move ndesc initialization at end of airoha_qdma_init_rx_queue()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 09.06.2026 Published: 26.06.2026 Updated: 26.06.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: airoha: Move ndesc initialization at end of airoha_qdma_init_rx_queue()

If queue entry or DMA descriptor list allocation fails in airoha_qdma_init_rx_queue routine, airoha_qdma_cleanup() will trigger a NULL pointer dereference running netif_napi_del() for RX queue NAPIs since netif_napi_add() has never been executed to this particular RX NAPI. The issue is due to the early ndesc initialization in airoha_qdma_init_rx_queue() since airoha_qdma_cleanup() relies on ndesc value to check if the queue is properly initialized. Fix the issue moving ndesc initialization at end of airoha_qdma_init_tx routine. Move page_pool allocation after descriptor list allocation in order to avoid memory leaks if desc allocation fails.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 23020f04932701d5c8363e60756f12b43b8ed752 to d36be272adda7f313e39dd118086955d993bf6a7 (excl.)
  • affected from 23020f04932701d5c8363e60756f12b43b8ed752 to 4d4acfa348a1d8c0941004823662ede0fdb5dea5 (excl.)
  • affected from 23020f04932701d5c8363e60756f12b43b8ed752 to 14dc48e5ba73d5c69559bf1a1a6884f7843aade7 (excl.)
  • affected from 23020f04932701d5c8363e60756f12b43b8ed752 to 379050947a1828826ad7ea50c95245a56929b35a (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.11 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.11 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.91 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.33 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0.10 to 7.0.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1 to * (incl.)

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