In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PCI: Fix NULL dereference in SR-IOV VF creation error path
Clean up when virtfn setup fails to prevent NULL pointer dereference during device removal. The kernel oops below occurred due to incorrect error handling flow when pci_setup_device() fails.
Add pci_iov_scan_device(), which handles virtfn allocation and setup and cleans up if pci_setup_device() fails, so pci_iov_add_virtfn() doesn't need to call pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device(). This prevents accessing partially initialized virtfn devices during removal.
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000d0 RIP: 0010:device_del+0x3d/0x3d0 Call Trace: pci_remove_bus_device+0x7c/0x100 pci_iov_add_virtfn+0xfa/0x200 sriov_enable+0x208/0x420 mlx5_core_sriov_configure+0x6a/0x160 [mlx5_core] sriov_numvfs_store+0xae/0x1a0
[bhelgaas: commit log, return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) directly]
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-rt | Jul 9, 2025 | Apr 16, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1007-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1008-gcpUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1004-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-22-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1007-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1007-oracleUpgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1007-azureUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1007-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1008-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-22-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1007-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1007-raspiUpgrade linux-image-raspi | Jun 26, 2025 | Apr 16, 2025 |
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