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GHSA-6J22-8CX7-CJFJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-27 06:31 – Updated: 2026-08-27 06:31

Details

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.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2026-74741 (GCVE-0-2026-74741)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-26 14:36 – Updated: 2026-08-27 05:01

Title

net: ngbe: fix NULL pointer dereference in non-MSI-X interrupt enabling

Summary

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.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cef4c5b9aca24651d…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ab482b2195edc000…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f3a13e0bb5ebcc1c…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 4174c0c331a2aa3322d3b3be532808deb041b37d , < cef4c5b9aca24651d069adf9462b221df6a2a669 (git) Affected: 4174c0c331a2aa3322d3b3be532808deb041b37d , < 0ab482b2195edc000262f0eae1cdcb416b8f335d (git) Affected: 4174c0c331a2aa3322d3b3be532808deb041b37d , < 5f3a13e0bb5ebcc1ca2dfda42ea40b9f3c2be6ea (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.16 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.16 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.46 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.10 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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CVE-2026-74741 (GCVE-0-2026-74741)

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