net/mlx5: Check device memory pointer before usage
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Check device memory pointer before usage Add a NULL check before accessing device memory to prevent a crash if dev->dm allocation in mlx5_init_once() fails.
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- Aug 22, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 4th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-476
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Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
| debian | debian linux | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- debian debian linux11.0
- linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.1.148
- linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.6.102
- linux linux kernel5.4 and later · before 5.15.190
- linux linux kernel6.13 and later · before 6.15.10
- linux linux kernel6.16 and later · before 6.16.1
- linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.12.42
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 5.4affected
- c9b9dcb430b3cd0ad2b04c360c4e528d73430481 and later · before 9053a69abfb5680c2a95292b96df5d204bc0776faffected · git
- c9b9dcb430b3cd0ad2b04c360c4e528d73430481 and later · before eebb225fe6c9103293807b8edabcbad59f9589bcaffected · git
- c9b9dcb430b3cd0ad2b04c360c4e528d73430481 and later · before 62d7cf455c887941ed6f105cd430ba04ee0b6c9faffected · git
- c9b9dcb430b3cd0ad2b04c360c4e528d73430481 and later · before 4249f1307932f1b6bbb8b7eba60d82f0b7e44430affected · git
- c9b9dcb430b3cd0ad2b04c360c4e528d73430481 and later · before 3046b011d368162b1b9ca9453eee0fea930e0a93affected · git
- c9b9dcb430b3cd0ad2b04c360c4e528d73430481 and later · before da899a1fd7c40e2e4302af1db7d0b8540fb22283affected · git
- c9b9dcb430b3cd0ad2b04c360c4e528d73430481 and later · before 70f238c902b8c0461ae6fbb8d1a0bbddc4350eeaaffected · git
- before 5.4not affected · semver
- 5.15.190 and later · up to and including 5.15.*not affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | before 6.1.148-1 | 6.1.148-1 |
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.12.43-1 | 6.12.43-1 |
| Debian:14 | linux | before 6.16.3-1 | 6.16.3-1 |
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 3046b011d368162b1b9ca9453eee0fea930e0a93 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 4249f1307932f1b6bbb8b7eba60d82f0b7e44430 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 62d7cf455c887941ed6f105cd430ba04ee0b6c9f | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 70f238c902b8c0461ae6fbb8d1a0bbddc4350eea | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 9053a69abfb5680c2a95292b96df5d204bc0776f | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | da899a1fd7c40e2e4302af1db7d0b8540fb22283 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | eebb225fe6c9103293807b8edabcbad59f9589bc | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:linux | 6.1.148-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer DereferenceCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
For records you follow, these changes also arrive as notifications. →
References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3046b011d368162b1b9ca9453eee0fea930e0a93
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4249f1307932f1b6bbb8b7eba60d82f0b7e44430
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/62d7cf455c887941ed6f105cd430ba04ee0b6c9f
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/70f238c902b8c0461ae6fbb8d1a0bbddc4350eea
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9053a69abfb5680c2a95292b96df5d204bc0776f
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/da899a1fd7c40e2e4302af1db7d0b8540fb22283
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/eebb225fe6c9103293807b8edabcbad59f9589bc
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.