CVE-2026-43205 PUBLISHED

dpaa2-switch: validate num_ifs to prevent out-of-bounds write

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 01.05.2026 Published: 06.05.2026 Updated: 06.05.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dpaa2-switch: validate num_ifs to prevent out-of-bounds write

The driver obtains sw_attr.num_ifs from firmware via dpsw_get_attributes() but never validates it against DPSW_MAX_IF (64). This value controls iteration in dpaa2_switch_fdb_get_flood_cfg(), which writes port indices into the fixed-size cfg->if_id[DPSW_MAX_IF] array. When firmware reports num_ifs >= 64, the loop can write past the array bounds.

Add a bound check for num_ifs in dpaa2_switch_init().

dpaa2_switch_fdb_get_flood_cfg() appends the control interface (port num_ifs) after all matched ports. When num_ifs == DPSW_MAX_IF and all ports match the flood filter, the loop fills all 64 slots and the control interface write overflows by one entry.

The check uses >= because num_ifs == DPSW_MAX_IF is also functionally broken.

build_if_id_bitmap() silently drops any ID >= 64: if (id[i] < DPSW_MAX_IF) bmap[id[i] / 64] |= ...

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 539dda3c5d190c5088b5e57944b1b482fcb464de to a26dda3bae469c8e4e1b1993ad33dafa32d0fc28 (excl.)
  • affected from 539dda3c5d190c5088b5e57944b1b482fcb464de to a3034a8d56174dd6464c46823438f25797910a8d (excl.)
  • affected from 539dda3c5d190c5088b5e57944b1b482fcb464de to b690635d4719214892855b79ce018d4b1672ac96 (excl.)
  • affected from 539dda3c5d190c5088b5e57944b1b482fcb464de to 8b841fd529db9faf8bc678d429d4bf4e98b10900 (excl.)
  • affected from 539dda3c5d190c5088b5e57944b1b482fcb464de to 89764cf44544e943230f5e03b8c40a90da26537c (excl.)
  • affected from 539dda3c5d190c5088b5e57944b1b482fcb464de to c18493f750208eb4ff1198fc5a02786b8b2d70a6 (excl.)
  • affected from 539dda3c5d190c5088b5e57944b1b482fcb464de to 8a5752c6dcc085a3bfc78589925182e4e98468c5 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.13 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.13 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.202 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.165 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.128 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.75 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.16 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.19.6 to 6.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0 to * (incl.)

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