Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 28, 2026· Updated Jun 11, 2026
CVE-2026-46188
CVE-2026-46188
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
octeon_ep_vf: add NULL check for napi_build_skb()
napi_build_skb() can return NULL on allocation failure. In __octep_vf_oq_process_rx(), the result is used directly without a NULL check in both the single-buffer and multi-fragment paths, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.
Add NULL checks after both napi_build_skb() calls, properly advancing descriptors and consuming remaining fragments on failure.
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