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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: fix double free in ice_sf_eth_activate() error path When auxiliary_device_add() fails, ice_sf_eth_activate() jumps to aux_dev_uninit and calls auxiliary_device_uninit(&sf_dev->adev). The device release callback ice_sf_dev_release() frees sf_dev, but the current error path falls through to sf_dev_free and calls kfree(sf_dev) again, causing a double free. Keep kfree(sf_dev) for the auxiliary_device_init() failure path, but avoid falling through to sf_dev_free after auxiliary_device_uninit().

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-13 | Published 2026-05-28 | Updated 2026-05-28 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

13acc5c4cdbeccf3274cbbd4de2e2d316b8c4ce6 (git) before 2ca30340b5028ddc3f17086a538feeff06167b1b
affected

13acc5c4cdbeccf3274cbbd4de2e2d316b8c4ce6 (git) before 121d1f253aed515cd85748f68c664a6cb756e8ad
affected

13acc5c4cdbeccf3274cbbd4de2e2d316b8c4ce6 (git) before d0c6a4816609f145ffcc74e64baa214c571c17c6
affected

13acc5c4cdbeccf3274cbbd4de2e2d316b8c4ce6 (git) before 9aab1c3d7299285e2569cbc0ed5892d631a241b2
affected

Default status
affected

6.12
affected

Any version before 6.12
unaffected

6.12.88 (semver)
unaffected

6.18.30 (semver)
unaffected

7.0.7 (semver)
unaffected

7.1-rc1 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/2ca30340b5028ddc3f17086a538feeff06167b1b

git.kernel.org/...c/121d1f253aed515cd85748f68c664a6cb756e8ad

git.kernel.org/...c/d0c6a4816609f145ffcc74e64baa214c571c17c6

git.kernel.org/...c/9aab1c3d7299285e2569cbc0ed5892d631a241b2

cve.org (CVE-2026-46162)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-46162)

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