Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: avoid unregistering devlink regions which were never registered
Russell King reports that a system with mv88e6xxx dereferences a NULL pointer when unbinding this driver: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/Z_lRkMlTJ1KQ0kVX@shell.armlinux.org.uk/
The crash seems to be in devlink_region_destroy(), which is not NULL tolerant but is given a NULL devlink global region pointer.
At least on some chips, some devlink regions are conditionally registered since the blamed commit, see mv88e6xxx_setup_devlink_regions_global():
if (cond && !cond(chip)) continue;
These are MV88E6XXX_REGION_STU and MV88E6XXX_REGION_PVT. If the chip does not have an STU or PVT, it should crash like this.
To fix the issue, avoid unregistering those regions which are NULL, i.e. were skipped at mv88e6xxx_setup_devlink_regions_global() time.
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 | >= 836021a2d0e0e4c90b895a35bd9c0342071855fb, < 8ccdf5e24b276848eefb2755e05ff0f005a0c4a1; >= 836021a2d0e0e4c90b895a35bd9c0342071855fb, < b3c70dfe51f10df60db2646c08cebd24bcdc5247; >= 836021a2d0e0e4c90b895a35bd9c0342071855fb, < bbb80f004f7a90c3dcaacc982c59967457254a05; >= 836021a2d0e0e4c90b895a35bd9c0342071855fb, < 3665695e3572239dc233216f06b41f40cc771889; >= 836021a2d0e0e4c90b895a35bd9c0342071855fb, < 5f5e95945bb1e08be7655da6acba648274db457d; >= 836021a2d0e0e4c90b895a35bd9c0342071855fb, < c84f6ce918a9e6f4996597cbc62536bbf2247c96 |
| Linux | Linux | 5.13 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3665695e3572239dc233216f06b41f40cc771889Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f5e95945bb1e08be7655da6acba648274db457dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ccdf5e24b276848eefb2755e05ff0f005a0c4a1Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3c70dfe51f10df60db2646c08cebd24bcdc5247Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbb80f004f7a90c3dcaacc982c59967457254a05Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c84f6ce918a9e6f4996597cbc62536bbf2247c96Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
Timeline
- Published
- May 1, 2025
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified