Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 18, 2026
CVE-2026-98806
CVE-2026-98806
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
octeontx2-pf: Fix aura BPID assignment when CONFIG_DCB is enabled
Previously, BPID assignment under CONFIG_DCB assumed queue_to_pfc_map was always initialized. For SDP VFs this leads to invalid memory access as it was not initialized.
This patch adds a NULL check for queue_to_pfc_map before dereferencing it. Also, simplifies the logic by always assigning a default BPID first, then conditionally overriding it if CONFIG_DCB is enabled and the map exists.
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