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High · 7.8 CVE-2022-49695 EUVD-2022-54540GHSA-vcgf-2jcf-5569

igb: fix a use-after-free issue in igb_clean_tx_ring

Published Feb 26, 2025 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

igb: fix a use-after-free issue in igb_clean_tx_ring

Fix the following use-after-free bug in igb_clean_tx_ring routine when
the NIC is running in XDP mode. The issue can be triggered redirecting
traffic into the igb NIC and then closing the device while the traffic
is flowing.

[ 73.322719] CPU: 1 PID: 487 Comm: xdp_redirect Not tainted 5.18.3-apu2 #9
[ 73.330639] Hardware name: PC Engines APU2/APU2, BIOS 4.0.7 02/28/2017
[ 73.337434] RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0xa7/0xf0
[ 73.362283] RSP: 0018:ffffc9000081f798 EFLAGS: 00010282
[ 73.367761] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffc90000420f80 RCX: 0000000000000000
[ 73.375200] RDX: ffff88811ad22d00 RSI: ffff88811ad171e0 RDI: ffff88811ad171e0
[ 73.382590] RBP: 0000000000000900 R08: ffffffff82298f28 R09: 0000000000000058
[ 73.390008] R10: 0000000000000219 R11: ffffffff82280f40 R12: 0000000000000090
[ 73.397356] R13: ffff888102343a40 R14: ffff88810359e0e4 R15: 0000000000000000
[ 73.404806] FS: 00007ff38d31d740(0000) GS:ffff88811ad00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 73.413129] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 73.419096] CR2: 000055cff35f13f8 CR3: 0000000106391000 CR4: 00000000000406e0
[ 73.426565] Call Trace:
[ 73.429087] <TASK>
[ 73.431314] igb_clean_tx_ring+0x43/0x140 [igb]
[ 73.436002] igb_down+0x1d7/0x220 [igb]
[ 73.439974] __igb_close+0x3c/0x120 [igb]
[ 73.444118] igb_xdp+0x10c/0x150 [igb]
[ 73.447983] ? igb_pci_sriov_configure+0x70/0x70 [igb]
[ 73.453362] dev_xdp_install+0xda/0x110
[ 73.457371] dev_xdp_attach+0x1da/0x550
[ 73.461369] do_setlink+0xfd0/0x10f0
[ 73.465166] ? __nla_validate_parse+0x89/0xc70
[ 73.469714] rtnl_setlink+0x11a/0x1e0
[ 73.473547] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x145/0x3d0
[ 73.477709] ? rtnl_calcit.isra.0+0x130/0x130
[ 73.482258] netlink_rcv_skb+0x8d/0x110
[ 73.486229] netlink_unicast+0x230/0x340
[ 73.490317] netlink_sendmsg+0x215/0x470
[ 73.494395] __sys_sendto+0x179/0x190
[ 73.498268] ? move_addr_to_user+0x37/0x70
[ 73.502547] ? __sys_getsockname+0x84/0xe0
[ 73.506853] ? netlink_setsockopt+0x1c1/0x4a0
[ 73.511349] ? __sys_setsockopt+0xc8/0x1d0
[ 73.515636] __x64_sys_sendto+0x20/0x30
[ 73.519603] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x80
[ 73.523399] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
[ 73.528712] RIP: 0033:0x7ff38d41f20c
[ 73.551866] RSP: 002b:00007fff3b945a68 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c
[ 73.559640] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007ff38d41f20c
[ 73.567066] RDX: 0000000000000034 RSI: 00007fff3b945b30 RDI: 0000000000000003
[ 73.574457] RBP: 0000000000000003 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 73.581852] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fff3b945ab0
[ 73.589179] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000003 R15: 00007fff3b945b30
[ 73.596545] </TASK>
[ 73.598842] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.10 5.10.127

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 5.18.14-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.18.14-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.18.14-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-48.54 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1020.24 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1020.25 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1024.30.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1018.24 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1016.19 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1003.5 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1015.17 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1016.21 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1018.22 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1007.7 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1018.23 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1020.24~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1020.25~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1018.24~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-48.54~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1016.21~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1018.23~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1019.22~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1021.21 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 perf +29 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1 RHSA-2022:8267
RHEL 8 perf +26 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8 RHSA-2022:7683
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-source +1 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_25 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_38 1-150400.9.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-syms +3 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-syms +2 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1

Advisories 6

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