CVE Published: 21/10/2024 |
CVE Updated: 04/11/2024 |
CVE Year: 2022 Source: Linux |
Vendor: Linux |
Product: Linux Status : PUBLISHED
CVE-2022-49019 Description
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.