Bug 2169198 - kernel: nix_setup_ipolicers in drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_nix.c lacks check of the return value of alloc_ordered_workqueue() and will cause the NULL Pointer Dereference
Summary: kernel: nix_setup_ipolicers in drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2169199
Blocks: 2167953
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Reported: 2023-02-12 17:00 UTC by Alex
Modified: 2026-03-02 22:20 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2023-02-14 08:42:28 UTC
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Description Alex 2023-02-12 17:00:28 UTC 
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.1-rc8.
nix_setup_ipolicers in drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_nix.c
lacks check of the return value of alloc_ordered_workqueue() and will
cause the NULL Pointer Dereference.

Reference:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cd07eadd5147ffdae11b6fd28b77a3872f2a2484
Comment 1 Alex 2023-02-12 17:00:53 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2169199]
Comment 2 Justin M. Forbes 2023-03-01 19:26:15 UTC 
This was fixed for Fedora with the 6.0.11 stable kernel updates.
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