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CVE-2022-49019

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: nixge: fix NULL dereference In function nixge_hw_dma_bd_release() dereferenc…

Impact

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: nixge: fix NULL dereference In function nixge_hw_dma_bd_release() dereference of NULL pointer priv->rx_bd_v is possible for the case of its allocation failure in nixge_hw_dma_bd_init(). Move for() loop with priv->rx_bd_v dereference under the check for its validity. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 4.17 before 5.4.226
from 5.5 before 5.10.158
from 5.11 before 5.15.82
from 5.16 before 6.0.12
Version 6.1

Weakness classification

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