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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xhci: Fix NULL pointer dereference when reading portli debugfs files Michal reported and debgged a NULL pointer dereference bug in the recently added portli debugfs files Oops is caused when there are more port registers counted in xhci->max_ports than ports reported by Supported Protocol capabilities. This is possible if max_ports is more than maximum port number, or if there are gaps between ports of different speeds the 'Supported Protocol' capabilities. In such cases port->rhub will be NULL so we can't reach xhci behind it. Add an explicit NULL check for this case, and print portli in hex without dereferencing port->rhub.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-01 | Published 2026-05-08 | Updated 2026-05-08 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

384c57ec720597f8104f69082cdd261abb998b80 (git) before 9c8bef223c6e991276188d30d74bdb2cbd8be652
affected

384c57ec720597f8104f69082cdd261abb998b80 (git) before ae4ff9dead5efa2025eddfcdb29411432bf40a7c
affected

Default status
affected

6.19
affected

Any version before 6.19
unaffected

6.19.9 (semver)
unaffected

7.0 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/9c8bef223c6e991276188d30d74bdb2cbd8be652

git.kernel.org/...c/ae4ff9dead5efa2025eddfcdb29411432bf40a7c

cve.org (CVE-2026-43431)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-43431)

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