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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-01 | Published 2026-05-01 | Updated 2026-05-01 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

7f46a0b7327ae261f9981888708dbca22c283900 (git) before a3db46d5f4df92630a96f7bc77b60e75c2353e06
affected

7f46a0b7327ae261f9981888708dbca22c283900 (git) before 7129632cab3e4d23510b21930aa73b8d97a859f5
affected

7f46a0b7327ae261f9981888708dbca22c283900 (git) before cfa774e6c920c81e700327bf10db8cb50d5db456
affected

7f46a0b7327ae261f9981888708dbca22c283900 (git) before c53cf44588a93000f71817a6bb87a66353c48dee
affected

7f46a0b7327ae261f9981888708dbca22c283900 (git) before 89c65f2fcd8801365b410f40a427cbcd7f4c28e9
affected

7f46a0b7327ae261f9981888708dbca22c283900 (git) before bf16bca6653679d8a514d6c1c5a2c67065033f14
affected

Default status
affected

5.19
affected

Any version before 5.19
unaffected

6.1.168 (semver)
unaffected

6.6.134 (semver)
unaffected

6.12.81 (semver)
unaffected

6.18.22 (semver)
unaffected

6.19.12 (semver)
unaffected

7.0 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/a3db46d5f4df92630a96f7bc77b60e75c2353e06

git.kernel.org/...c/7129632cab3e4d23510b21930aa73b8d97a859f5

git.kernel.org/...c/cfa774e6c920c81e700327bf10db8cb50d5db456

git.kernel.org/...c/c53cf44588a93000f71817a6bb87a66353c48dee

git.kernel.org/...c/89c65f2fcd8801365b410f40a427cbcd7f4c28e9

git.kernel.org/...c/bf16bca6653679d8a514d6c1c5a2c67065033f14

cve.org (CVE-2026-43013)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-43013)

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