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CVE-2026-53297

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CVSS
5.5 Medium
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.12%
Risk score
1.2
Published
2026-06-26
Status
Published

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mana: Guard mana_remove against double invocation If PM resume fails (e.g., mana_attach() returns an error), mana_probe() calls mana_remove(), which tears down the device and sets gd->gdma_context = NULL and gd->driver_data = NULL. However, a failed resume callback does not automatically unbind the driver. When the device is eventually unbound, mana_remove() is invoked a second time. Without a NULL check, it dereferences gc->dev with gc == NULL, causing a kernel panic. Add an early return if gdma_context or driver_data is NULL so the second invocation is harmless. Move the dev = gc->dev assignment after the guard so it cannot dereference NULL. A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's mana network driver. This vulnerability occurs when the `mana_remove` function is invoked a second time without proper checks after a power management (PM) resume failure and subsequent driver unbinding. A local attacker could exploit this double invocation to cause a kernel panic, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) on the system.

Weaknesses

CWE-367

Coverage 6

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