SB2026050914 - Race condition in Linux kernel ethernet cadence driver
Published: May 9, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-43371)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in the macb driver transmit ring handling when resuming transmission after transmit has been disabled. A local user can trigger network transmission during this state to cause a denial of service.
The issue can leave transmission stuck until a new packet is queued, and queued packets may be silently lost with associated skb memory not being released.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a47c3889fcd843c72aa57fa8c4d06f5801fced4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/403182e0771b250cfde0fe7e1081d095ceaf8230
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58f5d34f88e8f00910b692537f7b2efdb8c3705d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/881a0263d502e1a93ebc13a78254e9ad19520232
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88f974fe118cb4653f029929ecbca7cfe06132ae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6783bfa31a59f34fe4feb1bdbf67791ef3fb0b7