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CVE-2021-46916

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CVE-2021-46916

Published: Feb 27, 2024

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ixgbe: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ethtool loopback test The ixgbe driver currently generates a NULL pointer dereference when performing the ethtool loopback test. This is due to the fact that there isn't a q_vector associated with the test ring when it is setup as interrupts are not normally added to the test rings. To address this I have added code that will check for a q_vector before returning a napi_id value. If a q_vector is not present it will return a value of 0.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
b02e5a0ebb172c8276cea3151942aac681f7a4a6 - < 758d19098df4b0bbca9f40d6ae6c82c9c18b9bba
affected
b02e5a0ebb172c8276cea3151942aac681f7a4a6 - < 31166efb1cee348eb6314e9c0095d84cbeb66b9d

Linux

Linux

affected
5.11
unaffected
0 - < 5.11
unaffected
5.11.16 - <= 5.11.*
unaffected
5.12 - <= *

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