{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-63973", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-07-19T07:54:57.024Z", "datePublished": "2026-07-19T14:55:59.263Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-07-19T14:55:59.263Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-07-19T14:55:59.263Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: mana: Add NULL guards in teardown path to prevent panic on attach failure\n\nWhen queue allocation fails partway through, the error cleanup frees\nand NULLs apc->tx_qp and apc->rxqs. Multiple teardown paths such as\nmana_remove(), mana_change_mtu() recovery, and internal error handling\nin mana_alloc_queues() can subsequently call into functions that\ndereference these pointers without NULL checks:\n\n- mana_chn_setxdp() dereferences apc->rxqs[0], causing a NULL pointer\n dereference panic (CR2: 0000000000000000 at mana_chn_setxdp+0x26).\n- mana_destroy_vport() iterates apc->rxqs without a NULL check.\n- mana_fence_rqs() iterates apc->rxqs without a NULL check.\n- mana_dealloc_queues() iterates apc->tx_qp without a NULL check.\n\nAdd NULL guards for apc->rxqs in mana_fence_rqs(),\nmana_destroy_vport(), and before the mana_chn_setxdp() call. Add a\nNULL guard for apc->tx_qp in mana_dealloc_queues() to skip TX queue\ndraining when TX queues were never allocated or already freed."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c"], "versions": [{"version": "ca9c54d2d6a5ab2430c4eda364c77125d62e5e0f", "lessThan": "da7e4a1aaf397af6a094f640c92d6bc7564c10db", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "ca9c54d2d6a5ab2430c4eda364c77125d62e5e0f", "lessThan": "95e414f8324385771bdfd6d497a01d5593813ccb", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "ca9c54d2d6a5ab2430c4eda364c77125d62e5e0f", "lessThan": "26a96fa81496afe7d162d172ccdc8cb9dbc685d2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "ca9c54d2d6a5ab2430c4eda364c77125d62e5e0f", "lessThan": "da87896f34e0a51489811d1a684e2953099ca98f", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "ca9c54d2d6a5ab2430c4eda364c77125d62e5e0f", "lessThan": "0a9c520fdcb1cb2e79c163c12d359b5e1ee40007", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "ca9c54d2d6a5ab2430c4eda364c77125d62e5e0f", "lessThan": "17bfe0a8c014ee1d542ad352cd6a0a505361664a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c"], "versions": [{"version": "5.13", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "5.13", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.1.176", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.6.143", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.93", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.35", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.0.12", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.0.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.1", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.13", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.176"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.13", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.143"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.13", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.93"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.13", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.35"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.13", "versionEndExcluding": "7.0.12"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.13", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da7e4a1aaf397af6a094f640c92d6bc7564c10db"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95e414f8324385771bdfd6d497a01d5593813ccb"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26a96fa81496afe7d162d172ccdc8cb9dbc685d2"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da87896f34e0a51489811d1a684e2953099ca98f"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a9c520fdcb1cb2e79c163c12d359b5e1ee40007"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17bfe0a8c014ee1d542ad352cd6a0a505361664a"}], "title": "net: mana: Add NULL guards in teardown path to prevent panic on attach failure", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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