Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-74741

Linux Linux

net: ngbe: fix NULL pointer dereference in non-MSI-X interrupt enabling

CVSS 3.1
7.5High

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ngbe: fix NULL pointer dereference in non-MSI-X interrupt enabling In non-MSI-X mode (such as legacy INTx or single MSI), wx->msix_entry is not allocated or initialized. Calling NGBE_INTR_MISC(wx) dereferences wx->msix_entry->entry, leading to a NULL pointer dereference crash. This issue was introduced by fixing the IRQ vector when the number of VFs is 7. Fix the issue by explicitly checking `pdev->msix_enabled` to determine the correct vector index. Additionally, as a side fix, set the interrupt mask to BIT(0) for the non-MSI-X fallback. In MSI/INTx mode, the MISC and queue interrupts share vector 0, and the WX_PX_MISC_IVAR register is only valid in the MSI-X case. Thus, BIT(0) is the correct mask for the miscellaneous cause when MSI-X is disabled.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
7.5High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Linux) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Linux Linux 6.16 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 4174c0c331a2aa3322d3b3be532808deb041b37d ≤ v < cef4c5b9aca24651d069adf9462b221df6a2a669 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 4174c0c331a2aa3322d3b3be532808deb041b37d ≤ v < 0ab482b2195edc000262f0eae1cdcb416b8f335d CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 4174c0c331a2aa3322d3b3be532808deb041b37d ≤ v < 5f3a13e0bb5ebcc1ca2dfda42ea40b9f3c2be6ea CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-08-26
Last updated
2026-08-27
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
Linux

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.44%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
38.8%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

Weaknesses (CWE)

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