Bug 2468146 (CVE-2026-43431) - CVE-2026-43431 kernel: xhci: Fix NULL pointer dereference when reading portli debugfs files
Summary: CVE-2026-43431 kernel: xhci: Fix NULL pointer dereference when reading portli...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-43431
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-05-08 15:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-08 23:41 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-08 15:01:33 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

xhci: Fix NULL pointer dereference when reading portli debugfs files

Michal reported and debgged a NULL pointer dereference bug in the
recently added portli debugfs files

Oops is caused when there are more port registers counted in
xhci->max_ports than ports reported by Supported Protocol capabilities.
This is possible if max_ports is more than maximum port number, or
if there are gaps between ports of different speeds the 'Supported
Protocol' capabilities.

In such cases port->rhub will be NULL so we can't reach xhci behind it.
Add an explicit NULL check for this case, and print portli in hex
without dereferencing port->rhub.


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