CVE-2026-23206
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dpaa2-switch: prevent ZERO_SIZE_PTR dereference when num_ifs is zero
The driver allocates arrays for ports, FDBs, and filter blocks using kcalloc() with ethsw->sw_attr.num_ifs as the element count. When the device reports zero interfaces (either due to hardware configuration or firmware issues), kcalloc(0, ...) returns ZERO_SIZE_PTR (0x10) instead of NULL.
Later in dpaa2_switch_probe(), the NAPI initialization unconditionally accesses ethsw->ports[0]->netdev, which attempts to dereference ZERO_SIZE_PTR (address 0x10), resulting in a kernel panic.
Add a check to ensure num_ifs is greater than zero after retrieving device attributes. This prevents the zero-sized allocations and subsequent invalid pointer dereference.
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Affected products
12cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 10 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.13,<5.15.200
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 5.13
Patches
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References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/155eb99aff2920153bf21217ae29565fff81e6afnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fcccca88456b592bd668db13aa1d29ed257ca2bnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4acc40db06ffd0fd92683505342b00c8a7394c60nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/80165ff16051448d6f840585ebe13f2400415df3nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b97415c4362f739e25ec6f71012277086fabdf6fnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed48a84a72fefb20a82dd90a7caa7807e90c6f66nvdPatch
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