Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: libwx: handle page_pool_dev_alloc_pages error page_pool_dev_alloc_pages could return NULL. There was a WARN_ON(!page) but it would still proceed to use the NULL pointer and then crash. This is similar to commit 001ba0902046 ("net: fec: handle page_pool_dev_alloc_pages error"). This is found by our static analysis tool KNighter.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References5
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dd13c60348f515acd8c6f25a561b9c4e3b04fea Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f1ff1b38a7c8b872382b796023419d87d78c47e Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/90bec7cef8805f9a23145e070dff28a02bb584eb Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad81d666e114ebf989fc9994d4c93d451dc60056 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c17ef974bfcf1a50818168b47c4606b425a957c4 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: 32 · as of 7 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-476
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