net: ravb: serialize PTP clock teardown
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ravb: serialize PTP clock teardown ravb_ptp_interrupt() can race with ravb_ptp_stop() and pass the clock to ptp_clock_event() while ptp_clock_unregister() is freeing it. This can lead to a use-after-free. Use READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() for lockless access to the clock pointer. Atomically detach it with xchg() before disabling PTP interrupts, then synchronize all IRQs which can invoke ravb_ptp_interrupt() before unregistering the detached clock. A handler which read the old pointer completes before the clock is unregistered, while later handlers read NULL and skip the event.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-80991
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h2g3-mgp6-wj27
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@b917f37bfcce919a969d66a044580a95b11df31c · CNA
- 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/Linux@0400b9c5608933289bcacc3886dd3e4f6b7695f1, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0400b9c5608933289bcacc3886dd3e4f6b7695f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b917f37bfcce919a969d66a044580a95b11df31c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/695acb5534a9e366efb47b40c7487fc56488b09b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67a82e6f886beed0de8f8da08bb767e68fba952d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66b50c31419e7946e9aa325a468ad9b64c961a25
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cb9663789c5b7a12fcd419fcca6d6254c398252
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Sources
- CVE-2026-80991 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-80991 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h2g3-mgp6-wj27 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-80991 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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