{"id":"CVE-2026-46162","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"ice: fix double free in ice_sf_eth_activate() error path","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nice: fix double free in ice_sf_eth_activate() error path\n\nWhen auxiliary_device_add() fails, ice_sf_eth_activate() jumps to\naux_dev_uninit and calls auxiliary_device_uninit(&sf_dev->adev).\n\nThe device release callback ice_sf_dev_release() frees sf_dev, but\nthe current error path falls through to sf_dev_free and calls\nkfree(sf_dev) again, causing a double free.\n\nKeep kfree(sf_dev) for the auxiliary_device_init() failure path, but\navoid falling through to sf_dev_free after auxiliary_device_uninit().","publishedAt":"2026-05-28T09:36:17.479Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-14T17:59:13.179Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux 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fix double free in ice_sf_eth_activate() error path","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nice: fix double free in ice_sf_eth_activate() error path\n\nWhen auxiliary_device_add() fails, ice_sf_eth_activate() jumps to\naux_dev_uninit and calls auxiliary_device_uninit(&sf_dev->adev).\n\nThe device release callback ice_sf_dev_release() frees sf_dev, but\nthe current error path falls through to sf_dev_free and calls\nkfree(sf_dev) again, causing a double free.\n\nKeep kfree(sf_dev) for the auxiliary_device_init() failure path, but\navoid falling through to sf_dev_free after auxiliary_device_uninit()."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"13acc5c4cdbeccf3274cbbd4de2e2d316b8c4ce6","status":"affected","lessThan":"2ca30340b5028ddc3f17086a538feeff06167b1b","versionType":"git"},{"version":"13acc5c4cdbeccf3274cbbd4de2e2d316b8c4ce6","status":"affected","lessThan":"121d1f253aed515cd85748f68c664a6cb756e8ad","versionType":"git"},{"version":"13acc5c4cdbeccf3274cbbd4de2e2d316b8c4ce6","status":"affected","lessThan":"d0c6a4816609f145ffcc74e64baa214c571c17c6","versionType":"git"},{"version":"13acc5c4cdbeccf3274cbbd4de2e2d316b8c4ce6","status":"affected","lessThan":"9aab1c3d7299285e2569cbc0ed5892d631a241b2","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.12","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.88","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.30","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.0.7","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ca30340b5028ddc3f17086a538feeff06167b1b"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/121d1f253aed515cd85748f68c664a6cb756e8ad"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0c6a4816609f145ffcc74e64baa214c571c17c6"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9aab1c3d7299285e2569cbc0ed5892d631a241b2"}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Linux","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateUpdated":"2026-06-14T17:59:13.179Z"},"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.12","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.88"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.12","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.30"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.12","versionEndExcluding":"7.0.7"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.12","versionEndExcluding":"7.1"}]}]}],"x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}}