CVE-2026-80715 PUBLISHED

igc: remove napi_synchronize() in igc_down()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 26.08.2026 Published: 28.08.2026 Updated: 28.08.2026

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

igc: remove napi_synchronize() in igc_down()

When an AF_XDP zero-copy application is killed abruptly, the XSK pool is torn down but NAPI keeps polling. igc_clean_rx_irq_zc() then returns the full budget on every poll, so napi_complete_done() never clears NAPI_STATE_SCHED.

igc_down() calls napi_synchronize() before napi_disable(), so it spins forever waiting for that bit and the interface never goes down. Drop the napi_synchronize() and let napi_disable() do the job -- it sets NAPI_STATE_DISABLE, which forces the stuck poll to complete. Reorder it ahead of igc_set_queue_napi() so the NAPI mapping is cleared only after polling has stopped, matching the recent igb fix b1e067240379.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from fc9df2a0b520d7d439ecf464794d53e91be74b93 to ad6e0df267dc96edb7de1fa0a2fb2a70645bff86 (excl.)
  • affected from fc9df2a0b520d7d439ecf464794d53e91be74b93 to 605585a8d89aaeb0122e9016fdaa92376897a705 (excl.)
  • affected from fc9df2a0b520d7d439ecf464794d53e91be74b93 to a0f16c337691813f8d8f014c01fff5a368e08898 (excl.)
  • affected from fc9df2a0b520d7d439ecf464794d53e91be74b93 to f929a6fe5b7ae1e72d2c6d18cd69ab90dcf689d2 (excl.)
  • affected from fc9df2a0b520d7d439ecf464794d53e91be74b93 to 3b5aee6fcbf6b58112d40d19c8d31fa3f78ee668 (excl.)
  • affected from fc9df2a0b520d7d439ecf464794d53e91be74b93 to 9a2b637aef4e515c2179774888441d00e8a5ae95 (excl.)
  • affected from fc9df2a0b520d7d439ecf464794d53e91be74b93 to 5ffab5b9589c50e4cfc0cf36ffd76c89422d4019 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.14 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.14 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.217 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.184 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.153 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.105 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.44 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.8 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2 to * (incl.)

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