CVE-2026-52971

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ena: PHC: Fix potential use-after-free in get_timestamp Move the phc->active check and resp pointer assignment to after acquiring the spinlock. Previously, phc->active was checked without holding the lock, and resp was cached from ena_dev->phc.virt_addr before the lock was acquired. If ena_com_phc_destroy() runs between the lockless active check and the lock acquisition, it sets active=false, releases the lock, frees the DMA memory, and sets virt_addr=NULL. The get_timestamp path would then read a NULL virt_addr and dereference it. With both the active check and the pointer read under the lock, destroy cannot free the memory while get_timestamp is using it.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedJun 24, 2026
First seenJun 24, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel6.18.33, 7.0.10 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel6.17 ≤ v < 6.18.33, 6.19 ≤ v < 7.0.10, 7.16.18.33, 7.0.10

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