Bug 2482557 (CVE-2026-46188) - CVE-2026-46188 kernel: octeon_ep_vf: add NULL check for napi_build_skb()
Summary: CVE-2026-46188 kernel: octeon_ep_vf: add NULL check for napi_build_skb()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-46188
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-05-28 11:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-28 14:18 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-28 11:03:08 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

octeon_ep_vf: add NULL check for napi_build_skb()

napi_build_skb() can return NULL on allocation failure. In
__octep_vf_oq_process_rx(), the result is used directly without a NULL
check in both the single-buffer and multi-fragment paths, leading to a
NULL pointer dereference.

Add NULL checks after both napi_build_skb() calls, properly advancing
descriptors and consuming remaining fragments on failure.


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