{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "ccde82e909467abdf098a8ee6f63e1ecf9a47ce5"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "097409d20465723283632515df73038a4a853eda"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7c72ec18c2a4111204c2e915f8e4f6d849ce9398"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.18.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.0.10"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53008.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nice: fix race condition in TX timestamp ring cleanup\n\nFix a race condition between ice_free_tx_tstamp_ring() and ice_tx_map()\nthat can cause a NULL pointer dereference.\n\nice_free_tx_tstamp_ring currently clears the ICE_TX_FLAGS_TXTIME flag\nafter NULLing the tstamp_ring. This could allow a concurrent ice_tx_map\ncall on another CPU to dereference the tstamp_ring, which could lead to\na NULL pointer dereference.\n\n  CPU A:ice_free_tx_tstamp_ring() | CPU B:ice_tx_map()\n  --------------------------------|---------------------------------\n  tx_ring-\u003etstamp_ring = NULL     |\n                                  | ice_is_txtime_cfg() -\u003e true\n                                  | tstamp_ring = tx_ring-\u003etstamp_ring\n                                  | tstamp_ring-\u003ecount  // NULL deref!\n  flags \u0026= ~ICE_TX_FLAGS_TXTIME   |\n\nFix by:\n1. Reordering ice_free_tx_tstamp_ring() to clear the flag before\n   NULLing the pointer, with smp_wmb() to ensure proper ordering.\n2. Adding smp_rmb() in ice_tx_map() after the flag check to order the\n   flag read before the pointer read, using READ_ONCE() for the\n   pointer, and adding a NULL check as a safety net.\n3. Converting tx_ring-\u003eflags from u8 to DECLARE_BITMAP() and using\n   atomic bitops (set_bit(), clear_bit(), test_bit()) for all flag\n   operations throughout the driver:\n   - ICE_TX_RING_FLAGS_XDP\n   - ICE_TX_RING_FLAGS_VLAN_L2TAG1\n   - ICE_TX_RING_FLAGS_VLAN_L2TAG2\n   - ICE_TX_RING_FLAGS_TXTIME",
  "id": "CVE-2026-53008",
  "modified": "2026-07-16T03:30:56.698093591Z",
  "published": "2026-06-24T16:29:19.459Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/097409d20465723283632515df73038a4a853eda"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c72ec18c2a4111204c2e915f8e4f6d849ce9398"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53008.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53008"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.8.0",
  "summary": "ice: fix race condition in TX timestamp ring cleanup"
}