Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sfc: fix null pointer dereference in efx_hard_start_xmit
Trying to get the channel from the tx_queue variable here is wrong because we can only be here if tx_queue is NULL, so we shouldn't dereference it. As the above comment in the code says, this is very unlikely to happen, but it's wrong anyway so let's fix it.
I hit this issue because of a different bug that caused tx_queue to be NULL. If that happens, this is the error message that we get here: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000020 [...] RIP: 0010:efx_hard_start_xmit+0x153/0x170 [sfc]
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 12804793b17c0e19115a90d98f2f3df0cb79e233, < b3b41d4d95d3822b2e459ecbc80d030ea6aec5e7; >= 12804793b17c0e19115a90d98f2f3df0cb79e233, < 8547c7bfc0617e7184e4da65b9b96681fcfe9998; >= 12804793b17c0e19115a90d98f2f3df0cb79e233, < b3b952168ee1f220ba729fa100fd9d5aa752eb03; >= 12804793b17c0e19115a90d98f2f3df0cb79e233, < 0a242eb2913a4aa3d6fbdb86559f27628e9466f3 |
| Linux | Linux | 5.10 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a242eb2913a4aa3d6fbdb86559f27628e9466f3Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8547c7bfc0617e7184e4da65b9b96681fcfe9998Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3b41d4d95d3822b2e459ecbc80d030ea6aec5e7Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3b952168ee1f220ba729fa100fd9d5aa752eb03Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a242eb2913a4aa3d6fbdb86559f27628e9466f3Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8547c7bfc0617e7184e4da65b9b96681fcfe9998Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3b41d4d95d3822b2e459ecbc80d030ea6aec5e7Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3b952168ee1f220ba729fa100fd9d5aa752eb03Patch
Timeline
- Published
- Apr 28, 2024
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed