Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-63859

Vulnerability identifier: #VU138800

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-63859

CWE-ID: CWE-664

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improper resource state management in airoha_qdma_cleanup_tx_queue() when cleaning up transmit queues. A local user can trigger transmit queue cleanup in a way that leaves DMA TX descriptors and queue indexes in an inconsistent state to cause a denial of service.

The issue affects the Airoha Ethernet driver in the Linux kernel.

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package)

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1008.8, 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1015.15
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1016.16, 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-2016.16

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3309965fe44c00fd65af7cef5016e9e782c021a7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b5d56fe389d68ede080c716e6f10895facaf7db
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0cfce4d76702dba9601a4020df1a0bc35806efc

• Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Linux kernel ethernet airoha driver
• Ubuntu update for linux-ibm
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure
• Ubuntu update for linux-aws
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-bos
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia