{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-23438", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-01-13T15:37:46.017Z", "datePublished": "2026-04-03T15:15:22.701Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-07-14T12:47:01.882Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T22:06:54.590Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: mvpp2: guard flow control update with global_tx_fc in buffer switching\n\nmvpp2_bm_switch_buffers() unconditionally calls\nmvpp2_bm_pool_update_priv_fc() when switching between per-cpu and\nshared buffer pool modes. This function programs CM3 flow control\nregisters via mvpp2_cm3_read()/mvpp2_cm3_write(), which dereference\npriv->cm3_base without any NULL check.\n\nWhen the CM3 SRAM resource is not present in the device tree (the\nthird reg entry added by commit 60523583b07c (\"dts: marvell: add CM3\nSRAM memory to cp11x ethernet device tree\")), priv->cm3_base remains\nNULL and priv->global_tx_fc is false. Any operation that triggers\nmvpp2_bm_switch_buffers(), for example an MTU change that crosses\nthe jumbo frame threshold, will crash:\n\n Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at\n virtual address 0000000000000000\n Mem abort info:\n ESR = 0x0000000096000006\n EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits\n pc : readl+0x0/0x18\n lr : mvpp2_cm3_read.isra.0+0x14/0x20\n Call trace:\n readl+0x0/0x18\n mvpp2_bm_pool_update_fc+0x40/0x12c\n mvpp2_bm_pool_update_priv_fc+0x94/0xd8\n mvpp2_bm_switch_buffers.isra.0+0x80/0x1c0\n mvpp2_change_mtu+0x140/0x380\n __dev_set_mtu+0x1c/0x38\n dev_set_mtu_ext+0x78/0x118\n dev_set_mtu+0x48/0xa8\n dev_ifsioc+0x21c/0x43c\n dev_ioctl+0x2d8/0x42c\n sock_ioctl+0x314/0x378\n\nEvery other flow control call site in the driver already guards\nhardware access with either priv->global_tx_fc or port->tx_fc.\nmvpp2_bm_switch_buffers() is the only place that omits this check.\n\nAdd the missing priv->global_tx_fc guard to both the disable and\nre-enable calls in mvpp2_bm_switch_buffers(), consistent with the\nrest of the driver." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "3a616b92a9d17448d96a33bf58e69f01457fd43a", "lessThan": "0cfcd31f98fc608dc9406bff3fee3a9dd364d014", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "3a616b92a9d17448d96a33bf58e69f01457fd43a", "lessThan": "da089f74a993f846685067b14158cb41b879ff29", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "3a616b92a9d17448d96a33bf58e69f01457fd43a", "lessThan": "ff0c54f088f7ab91dbbf47cf8244460f99122750", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "3a616b92a9d17448d96a33bf58e69f01457fd43a", "lessThan": "7bd20f4b3ef3044dc55acd5b8ef748a70d29d03f", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": 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