{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-74725", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-08-15T05:44:03.929Z", "datePublished": "2026-08-22T15:33:16.460Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-16T19:16:12.099Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-25T05:42:05.934Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nenic: fix tx_hang_reset use-after-free on device removal\n\nenic_remove() cancels the reset and change_mtu_work items but does not\ncancel tx_hang_reset. A TX timeout that fires while the device is being\nremoved can schedule enic_tx_hang_reset() so that it runs after\nfree_netdev(), resulting in a use-after-free.\n\ncancel_work_sync() alone is not sufficient here: the still-live watchdog\nand notify paths can re-schedule these work items in the window between\nthe cancel and unregister_netdev(). Use disable_work_sync(), which\ncancels the work and blocks any subsequent schedule_work() from\nrequeuing it, and apply it to the reset and change_mtu_work items as\nwell so the same requeue race is closed for all teardown work." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The UAF occurs during enic_remove() PCI/driver teardown (sysfs unbind, rmmod, or hot-unplug); TX timeout is raised by the local netdev watchdog, not by remote packet processing, and there is no standalone network path into enic_remove itself.\nAC:L - This is a workqueue race during removal: once teardown starts the netdev can still be up so the watchdog schedules enic_tx_hang_reset, and an attacker can reliably drive TX timeout by stalling or flooding xmit on the still-registered interface while removal proceeds.\nPR:L - PCI unbind/module unload needs elevated privileges, but an unprivileged local or tenant workload can supply the concurrent netdev watchdog TX timeout (local/remote traffic on the Cisco VIC uplink) that schedules tx_hang_reset; per driver-removal UAF precedent, PR:L.\nUI:N - No victim interaction is required beyond routine driver removal, module unload, or hypervisor VNIC hot-unplug; monitoring and network traffic on the live interface can schedule tx_hang_reset during teardown without cooperation.\nS:U - Impact is use-after-free of netdev_priv enic memory in the host/guest kernel, enabling crash or privilege escalation within the same kernel security authority; it does not cross VM, hypervisor, IOMMU, or container boundaries.\nC:H - enic_tx_hang_reset dereferences freed enic/netdev memory via container_of(work, struct enic, tx_hang_reset); UAF on the unified netdev slab enables arbitrary kernel memory disclosure once the object is reallocated.\nI:H - The scheduled work performs hang reset, stop/open, and notifier calls through the dangling enic pointer, giving attacker-influenced writes and control-flow hijack primitives typical of netdev driver UAF exploitation.\nA:H - Use-after-free during enic_tx_hang_reset reliably causes kernel oops/panic when the work runs after free_netdev(), and even attempted exploitation crashes the system on dangling enic/netdev accesses." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_main.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "937317c7c1097aa878a5000e3aab616eb5c590c0", "lessThan": "8619865f34fb3b130b567855382a5c4aadd522b9", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "937317c7c1097aa878a5000e3aab616eb5c590c0", "lessThan": "e506e704b74748ffd0e1c92a7453ca2a959f832b", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "937317c7c1097aa878a5000e3aab616eb5c590c0", "lessThan": "4f3464fc6c1f26afc504fd525c574f2bc14c9d42", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "937317c7c1097aa878a5000e3aab616eb5c590c0", "lessThan": "ec680ea4ba1bca92a767fb7e7869758bfdd886e3", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_main.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "4.4", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "4.4", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.104", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.45", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.1.9", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.4", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.104" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.4", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.45" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.4", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1.9" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.4", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8619865f34fb3b130b567855382a5c4aadd522b9" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e506e704b74748ffd0e1c92a7453ca2a959f832b" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f3464fc6c1f26afc504fd525c574f2bc14c9d42" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec680ea4ba1bca92a767fb7e7869758bfdd886e3" } ], "title": "enic: fix tx_hang_reset use-after-free on device removal", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } }, "adp": [ { "metrics": [ { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "id": "CVE-2026-74725", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "no" }, { "Technical Impact": "total" } ], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2026-10-16T19:15:41.206988Z" } } } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-16T19:16:12.099Z" } } ] } }