In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ngbe: fix NULL pointer...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ngbe: fix NULL pointer dereference in non-MSI-X interrupt enabling
In non-MSI-X mode (such as legacy INTx or single MSI), wx->msix_entry is not allocated or initialized. Calling NGBE_INTR_MISC(wx) dereferences wx->msix_entry->entry, leading to a NULL pointer dereference crash.
This issue was introduced by fixing the IRQ vector when the number of
VFs is 7. Fix the issue by explicitly checking pdev->msix_enabled to
determine the correct vector index.
Additionally, as a side fix, set the interrupt mask to BIT(0) for the non-MSI-X fallback. In MSI/INTx mode, the MISC and queue interrupts share vector 0, and the WX_PX_MISC_IVAR register is only valid in the MSI-X case. Thus, BIT(0) is the correct mask for the miscellaneous cause when MSI-X is disabled.
🔗 References (5)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74741
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ab482b2195edc000262f0eae1cdcb416b8f335d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f3a13e0bb5ebcc1ca2dfda42ea40b9f3c2be6ea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cef4c5b9aca24651d069adf9462b221df6a2a669
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6j22-8cx7-cjfj