High severity · published Oct 23, 2026
CVE-2026-98911
dpaa2-switch: fix the error path in dpaa2_switch_rx()
New
7.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dpaa2-switch: fix the error path in dpaa2_switch_rx()
In case of an error in dpaa2_switch_rx(), the dpaa2_switch_free_fd()
function is called in order to free the FD. This is incorrect since the
dpaa2_switch_free_fd() is intended to be used on Tx frame descriptors,
meaning that it expects in the software annotation area of the FD data
to find a valid skb pointer on which to call dev_kfree_skb().
Fix this by extracting the dma_unmap_page() from
dpaa2_switch_build_linear_skb() directly into the dpaa2_switch_rx()
function. This allows us to directly use free_pages() in case of an
error before an SKB was created and kfree_skb() afterwards.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 25% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
613c0a5810b79610db8535c3816b0c149675f8ee before 791068c962469af0090e1a1ee63657fb9eef40db; 613c0a5810b79610db8535c3816b0c149675f8ee before ee54f8d7e642c44cfcc2dcb390b4c50e145d81b8; 613c0a5810b79610db8535c3816b0c149675f8ee before 259ad6093204b999d41e7e6d0ad90ef9a71a44ab; 613c0a5810b79610db8535c3816b0c149675f8ee before f4ceb8e3d6d5becb4cda7a7098a8638e18c835a1; 613c0a5810b79610db8535c3816b0c149675f8ee before fa232b4496cb59503ae5108c756cbe10e59b0bc3; 613c0a5810b79610db8535c3816b0c149675f8ee before 74c1c9f5c0c30bbd0c2cf87b6e3507e7ea46c13d; +1 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98911
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98911
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/259ad6093204b999d41e7e6d0ad90ef9a71a44ab
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74c1c9f5c0c30bbd0c2cf87b6e3507e7ea46c13d
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/791068c962469af0090e1a1ee63657fb9eef40db
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee54f8d7e642c44cfcc2dcb390b4c50e145d81b8
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4ceb8e3d6d5becb4cda7a7098a8638e18c835a1
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa232b4496cb59503ae5108c756cbe10e59b0bc3
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