CVE-2026-23206

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Nov 5, 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinux>= 0b1b71370458860579831e77485883fcf2e8fbbe, < 2fcccca88456b592bd668db13aa1d29ed257ca2b; >= 0b1b71370458860579831e77485883fcf2e8fbbe, < 80165ff16051448d6f840585ebe13f2400415df3; >= 0b1b71370458860579831e77485883fcf2e8fbbe, < b97415c4362f739e25ec6f71012277086fabdf6f; >= 0b1b71370458860579831e77485883fcf2e8fbbe, < 4acc40db06ffd0fd92683505342b00c8a7394c60; >= 0b1b71370458860579831e77485883fcf2e8fbbe, < 155eb99aff2920153bf21217ae29565fff81e6af; >= 0b1b71370458860579831e77485883fcf2e8fbbe, < ed48a84a72fefb20a82dd90a7caa7807e90c6f66
LinuxLinux5.13

References

Timeline

Published
Feb 14, 2026
Last modified
Nov 5, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed

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CVE-2026-23206: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix