CVE-2026-53298

What the bug is

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.

Where it lives

The fix touches these files. If the subsystem is one you do not use, the practical exposure is lower, though the package is still the vulnerable one.

drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c

What this is

AIROHA ETHERNET DRIVERMAINTAINERS section matched on drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/ · linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org · Maintained

Check it on the machine

grep -wE 'CONFIG_ETHERNET|CONFIG_NET_AIROHA|CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_AIROHA' /boot/config-$(uname -r)

Reads the booted kernel's own configuration, on the machine and nowhere else. =y is built in, =m is a module, and an is not set line means the code is not there.

Show whether Debian builds this, per release

Debian does not build this code in 3 releases. The build rule could not be established for 1 release, so nothing is claimed about those.

• bookworm?
• trixie, forky, sidn

?

not established - no Makefile entry for the affected file

n

not enabled on any flavour - this release does not build the code

Where a release above reads "not established", no build rule for the affected file was found in that release's kernel tree. That is a gap in this lookup, not a finding that the code is absent.

Build switches

CONFIG_ETHERNET, CONFIG_NET_AIROHA, CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_AIROHA

Reads as

all on means the file is compiled; any one off means it is not.

From the configuration Debian publishes for every kernel flavour it builds. It covers only the architectures Debian ships a linux-config package for, and nothing about a kernel you built yourself. Debian's own status above stays authoritative about the source package.MAINTAINERS kbuild Makefiles Debian linux-config packages

Signals

Published

2026-06-26 (4 months ago)source

CVSS

no vector published, unrated

Attack vector

not published

EPSS

0.16%, higher than 5.0% of all CVEssource

CISA KEV

not listedthe KEV catalogue

Debian urgency

unimportantsource

Subsystem

drivers/net

Upstream fixes

The versions the CNA records as introducing and fixing this, and the commit for each. source

Introduced	Fixed in	Commit
6.11	6.12.91	d36be272adda
6.11	6.18.33	4d4acfa348a1
6.11	7.0.10	14dc48e5ba73
6.11	7.1	379050947a18