CVE-2026-74741

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux4174c0c331a2aa3322d3b3be532808deb041b37d < cef4c5b9aca24651d069adf9462b221df6a2a669affected
LinuxLinux4174c0c331a2aa3322d3b3be532808deb041b37d < 0ab482b2195edc000262f0eae1cdcb416b8f335daffected
LinuxLinux4174c0c331a2aa3322d3b3be532808deb041b37d < 5f3a13e0bb5ebcc1ca2dfda42ea40b9f3c2be6eaaffected
LinuxLinux6.16affected
LinuxLinux0 < 6.16unaffected
LinuxLinux6.18.46 <= 6.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.1.10 <= 7.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.2 <= *unaffected

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