CVE-2026-31396

CVE-2026-31396CVE-2026-31396

linux / linux_kernel

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: macb: fix use-after-free access to PTP clock PTP clock is registered on every opening of the interface and destroyed on every closing. However it may be accessed via get_ts_info ethtool call which is possible while the interface is just present in the kernel. BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ptp_clock_index+0x47/0x50 drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c:426 Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880194345cc by task syz.0.6/948 CPU: 1 PID: 948 Comm: syz.0.6 Not tainted 6.1.164+ #109 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.16.1-0-g3208b098f51a-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x8d/0xba lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:316 [inline] print_report+0x17f/0x496 mm/kasan/report.c:420 kasan_report+0xd9/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:524 ptp_clock_index+0x47/0x50 drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c:426 gem_get_ts_info+0x138/0x1e0 dr

Scoring

CVSS 7.8 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Last modified2026-07-14
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