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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-13 | Published 2026-02-14 | Updated 2026-02-14 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

0b1b71370458860579831e77485883fcf2e8fbbe (git) before 2fcccca88456b592bd668db13aa1d29ed257ca2b
affected

0b1b71370458860579831e77485883fcf2e8fbbe (git) before 80165ff16051448d6f840585ebe13f2400415df3
affected

0b1b71370458860579831e77485883fcf2e8fbbe (git) before b97415c4362f739e25ec6f71012277086fabdf6f
affected

0b1b71370458860579831e77485883fcf2e8fbbe (git) before 4acc40db06ffd0fd92683505342b00c8a7394c60
affected

0b1b71370458860579831e77485883fcf2e8fbbe (git) before 155eb99aff2920153bf21217ae29565fff81e6af
affected

0b1b71370458860579831e77485883fcf2e8fbbe (git) before ed48a84a72fefb20a82dd90a7caa7807e90c6f66
affected

Default status
affected

5.13
affected

Any version before 5.13
unaffected

5.15.200 (semver)
unaffected

6.1.163 (semver)
unaffected

6.6.124 (semver)
unaffected

6.12.70 (semver)
unaffected

6.18.10 (semver)
unaffected

6.19 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/2fcccca88456b592bd668db13aa1d29ed257ca2b

git.kernel.org/...c/80165ff16051448d6f840585ebe13f2400415df3

git.kernel.org/...c/b97415c4362f739e25ec6f71012277086fabdf6f

git.kernel.org/...c/4acc40db06ffd0fd92683505342b00c8a7394c60

git.kernel.org/...c/155eb99aff2920153bf21217ae29565fff81e6af

git.kernel.org/...c/ed48a84a72fefb20a82dd90a7caa7807e90c6f66

cve.org (CVE-2026-23206)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-23206)

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