CVE-2026-23206
Published: Feb 14, 2026
Modified: May 11, 2026
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 0b1b71370458860579831e77485883fcf2e8fbbe - < 2fcccca88456b592bd668db13aa1d29ed257ca2baffected 0b1b71370458860579831e77485883fcf2e8fbbe - < 80165ff16051448d6f840585ebe13f2400415df3affected 0b1b71370458860579831e77485883fcf2e8fbbe - < b97415c4362f739e25ec6f71012277086fabdf6faffected 0b1b71370458860579831e77485883fcf2e8fbbe - < 4acc40db06ffd0fd92683505342b00c8a7394c60affected 0b1b71370458860579831e77485883fcf2e8fbbe - < 155eb99aff2920153bf21217ae29565fff81e6af+1 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 5.13unaffected 0 - < 5.13unaffected 5.15.200 - <= 5.15.*unaffected 6.1.163 - <= 6.1.*unaffected 6.6.124 - <= 6.6.*+3 more versions |
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