net/mlx5: lag: Check for LAG device before creating debugfs (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-43013
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.12 % · percentile 2 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: lag: Check for LAG device before creating debugfs __mlx5_lag_dev_add_mdev() may return 0 (success) even when an error occurs that is handled gracefully. Consequently, the initialization flow proceeds to call mlx5_ldev_add_debugfs() even when there is no valid LAG context. mlx5_ldev_add_debugfs() blindly created the debugfs directory and attributes. This exposed interfaces (like the members file) that rely on a valid ldev pointer, leading to potential NULL pointer dereferences if accessed when ldev is NULL. Add a check to verify that mlx5_lag_dev(dev) returns a valid pointer before attempting to create the debugfs entries.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 7f46a0b7327ae261f9981888708dbca22c283900 < a3db46d5f4df92630a96f7bc77b60e75c2353e06 ; affected 7f46a0b7327ae261f9981888708dbca22c283900 < 7129632cab3e4d23510b21930aa73b8d97a859f5 ; affected 7f46a0b7327ae261f9981888708dbca22c283900 < cfa774e6c920c81e700327bf10db8cb50d5db456 ; affected 7f46a0b7327ae261f9981888708dbca22c283900 < c53cf44588a93000f71817a6bb87a66353c48dee ; affected 7f46a0b7327ae261f9981888708dbca22c283900 < 89c65f2fcd8801365b410f40a427cbcd7f4c28e9 ; affected 7f46a0b7327ae261f9981888708dbca22c283900 < bf16bca6653679d8a514d6c1c5a2c67065033f14
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.19 ; unaffected 0 < 5.19 ; unaffected 6.1.168 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.134 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.81 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.22 ≤ 6.18.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD