CVE-2026-23019: net: marvell: prestera: fix NULL dereference on devlink_alloc() failure
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.13% (FIRST EPSS).
- 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.
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 325aea74be7e192b5c947c782da23b0d19a5fda2, 326a4b7e61d01db3507f71c8bb5e85362f607064, 3950054c9512add0cc79ab7e72b6d2f9f675e25b.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 325aea74be7e192b5c947c782da23b0d19a5fda2, 326a4b7e61d01db3507f71c8bb5e85362f607064, 3950054c9512add0cc79ab7e72b6d2f9f675e25b or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: marvell: prestera: fix NULL dereference on devlink_alloc() failure devlink_alloc() may return NULL on allocation failure, but prestera_devlink_alloc() unconditionally calls devlink_priv() on the returned pointer. This leads to a NULL pointer dereference if devlink allocation fails. Add a check for a NULL devlink pointer and return NULL early to avoid the crash.
- Published
- Jan 31, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 3th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-476
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 · 0.1%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- linux linux kernel5.10.1 and later · before 5.15.198
- linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.1.161
- linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.6.121
- linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.12.66
- linux linux kernel6.13 and later · before 6.18.6
- linux linux kernel5.10
- linux linux kernel6.19
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
- 5.10affected
- 6.6.121 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
- 6.12.66 and later · up to and including 6.12.*not affected · semver
- 6.18.6 and later · up to and including 6.18.*not affected · semver
- 6.19 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix
- 34dd1710f5a3c9a7dc78e1ff6de69a19d407db25 and later · before 8a4333b2818f0d853b43e139936c20659366e4a0affected · git
- 34dd1710f5a3c9a7dc78e1ff6de69a19d407db25 and later · before 325aea74be7e192b5c947c782da23b0d19a5fda2affected · git
- 34dd1710f5a3c9a7dc78e1ff6de69a19d407db25 and later · before 94e070cd50790317fba7787ae6006934b7edcb6faffected · git
- 34dd1710f5a3c9a7dc78e1ff6de69a19d407db25 and later · before 3950054c9512add0cc79ab7e72b6d2f9f675e25baffected · git
- 34dd1710f5a3c9a7dc78e1ff6de69a19d407db25 and later · before 326a4b7e61d01db3507f71c8bb5e85362f607064affected · git
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 6.1.162-1 | 6.1.162-1 |
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.12.69-1 | 6.12.69-1 |
| Debian:14 | linux | before 6.18.8-1 | 6.18.8-1 |
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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 | 325aea74be7e192b5c947c782da23b0d19a5fda2 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 326a4b7e61d01db3507f71c8bb5e85362f607064 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 3950054c9512add0cc79ab7e72b6d2f9f675e25b | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 8a4333b2818f0d853b43e139936c20659366e4a0 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 94e070cd50790317fba7787ae6006934b7edcb6f | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | a428e0da1248c353557970848994f35fd3f005e2 | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:linux | 6.1.162-1 · 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
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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
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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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
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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/326a4b7e61d01db3507f71c8bb5e85362f607064
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3950054c9512add0cc79ab7e72b6d2f9f675e25b
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a4333b2818f0d853b43e139936c20659366e4a0
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/94e070cd50790317fba7787ae6006934b7edcb6f
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a428e0da1248c353557970848994f35fd3f005e2
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.