CVE-2026-74741 PUBLISHED

net: ngbe: fix NULL pointer dereference in non-MSI-X interrupt enabling

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 15.08.2026 Published: 26.08.2026 Updated: 26.08.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 4174c0c331a2aa3322d3b3be532808deb041b37d to cef4c5b9aca24651d069adf9462b221df6a2a669 (excl.)
  • affected from 4174c0c331a2aa3322d3b3be532808deb041b37d to 0ab482b2195edc000262f0eae1cdcb416b8f335d (excl.)
  • affected from 4174c0c331a2aa3322d3b3be532808deb041b37d to 5f3a13e0bb5ebcc1ca2dfda42ea40b9f3c2be6ea (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.16 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.16 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.46 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.10 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2 to * (incl.)

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