Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 31, 2026· Updated Feb 9, 2026
net: 3com: 3c59x: fix possible null dereference in vortex_probe1()
CVE-2026-23020
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: 3com: 3c59x: fix possible null dereference in vortex_probe1()
pdev can be null and free_ring: can be called in 1297 with a null pdev.
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References
7- git.kernel.org/stable/c/053ac9e37eee435e999277c0f1ef890dad6064bfmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/28b2a805609699be7b90020ae7dccfb234be1cebmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f05f7737e16d9a40038cc1c38a96a3f7964898bmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/606872c8e8bf96066730f6a2317502c5633c37f1mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cff14b831dbdb32675b4c7904dcc3eeeaf47e9dmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4e305ed60f7c41bbf9aabc16dd75267194e0de3mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d82796a57cc0dac1dbef19d913c8f02a8cc7b1a7mitre
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