Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ionic: catch failure from devlink_alloc Add a check for NULL on the alloc return. If devlink_alloc() fails and we try to use devlink_priv() on the NULL return, the kernel gets very unhappy and panics. With this fix, the driver load will still fail, but at least it won't panic the kernel.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References5
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0020c16c8af7f4bc9503a2088fb30793b6771fac Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d02efe7f25158c93146e3bb827bc7bb3cd5e71a Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a54903ff68ddb33b6463c94b4eb37fc584ef760 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5325f50de5b1433b27dda7ccff5cb7283722a3f1 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c177dd465f5c1e5f242cdb9258826c591c257e9a Patch
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 5 · as of 9 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-476
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