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CVE-2026-68327

Low risk· EPSS 7%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the wanxl driver has a potential NULL pointer dereference during early initialization failures. wanxl_pci_init_one() stores the card in driver data before the BAR is mapped, and on error wanxl_pci_remove_one() calls wanxl_reset(), which dereferences card->plx, which may still be NULL.

Risk Assessment

This could lead to system crashes during hardware initialization, especially on memory allocation or DMA mask restoration failures.

Recommendation

Apply the patch that only issues the hardware reset once the BAR mapping exists to avoid NULL pointer dereference.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wan: wanxl: Only reset hardware after BAR mapping wanxl_pci_init_one() stores the freshly allocated card in driver data before the PLX BAR is mapped. Several early probe failures then unwind through wanxl_pci_remove_one(), including failure to allocate the coherent status area or to restore the DMA mask. wanxl_pci_remove_one() unconditionally calls wanxl_reset(), and wanxl_reset() dereferences card->plx. On those early failures card->plx is still NULL, so the error path can dereference a NULL MMIO pointer. Only issue the hardware reset once the BAR mapping exists. The remaining cleanup in wanxl_pci_remove_one() already checks whether later resources were allocated. This issue was found by a static analysis checker and confirmed by manual source review.

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