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CVE-2026-68291

Low risk· EPSS 5%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability was found in the idpf driver causing a crash during initialization when memory allocation for vports, netdevs, and vport_config buffers fails. The issue is that adapter->max_vports is set before successful allocation, leading to a NULL pointer dereference during device reset or module removal (rmmod).

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization includes system instability and potential kernel panic in environments using Intel IDPF network cards, especially during initialization with limited memory. This can lead to network service disruptions and require system reboots.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix (commit that sets adapter->max_vports only after successful allocation). Also, monitor vendor updates and test the patch in a staging environment before production deployment.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: idpf: fix max_vport related crash on allocation error during init Set adapter->max_vports only after successful allocation of vports, netdevs and vport_config buffers. This fixes possible crashes on reset or rmmod, following failed allocation on init [ 305.981402] idpf 0000:83:00.0: enabling device (0100 -> 0102) [ 305.994464] idpf 0000:83:00.0: Device HW Reset initiated [ 320.416872] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 [ 320.416918] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 320.416942] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 320.416963] PGD 2099657067 P4D 0 [ 320.416983] Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI ... [ 320.417093] RIP: 0010:idpf_remove+0x118/0x200 [idpf] [ 320.417130] Code: 8b bb 98 09 00 00 e8 17 0f 5b e5 48 8b bb e8 08 00 00 e8 0b 0f 5b e5 66 83 bb 28 06 00 00 00 48 8b bb 20 06 00 00 74 49 31 ed <48> 8b 04 ef 48 85 c0 74 2f 48 8b 78 20 e8 66 58 91 e5 48 8b 83 20 [ 320.417183] RSP: 0018:ff7322212903fdb8 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 320.417205] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ff4463de40300000 RCX: ff7322212903fd4c [ 320.417228] RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffffa7f7d100 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 320.417250] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 320.417272] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ff4463de3a638f58 R12: ff4463be89ac7000 [ 320.417294] R13: ff4463be89ac7198 R14: ff4463be94fc7198 R15: ffffffffc0f10f20 [ 320.417317] FS: 00007f963c0e6740(0000) GS:ff4463fdd65d8000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 320.417342] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 320.417362] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 00000020ba674002 CR4: 0000000000773ef0 [ 320.417385] PKRU: 55555554 [ 320.417398] Call Trace: [ 320.417412] <TASK> [ 320.417429] pci_device_remove+0x42/0xb0 [ 320.417459] device_release_driver_internal+0x1a9/0x210 [ 320.417492] driver_detach+0x4b/0x90 [ 320.417516] bus_remove_driver+0x70/0x100 [ 320.417539] pci_unregister_driver+0x2e/0xb0 [ 320.417564] __do_sys_delete_module.constprop.0+0x190/0x2f0 [ 320.417592] ? kmem_cache_free+0x31e/0x550 [ 320.417619] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xde/0x190 [ 320.417644] ? do_syscall_64+0x38/0x6b0 [ 320.417665] do_syscall_64+0xc8/0x6b0 [ 320.417683] ? clear_bhb_loop+0x30/0x80 [ 320.417706] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e [ 320.417727] RIP: 0033:0x7f963bb30beb

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