Bug 2514450 (CVE-2026-68434) - CVE-2026-68434 kernel: serial: 8250_mid: Fix NULL function pointer dereference on DNV/ICX-D/SNR platforms
Summary: CVE-2026-68434 kernel: serial: 8250_mid: Fix NULL function pointer dereferenc...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-68434
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-12 00:22 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-13 09:13 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-12 00:22:08 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

serial: 8250_mid: Fix NULL function pointer dereference on DNV/ICX-D/SNR platforms

Commit b1b4efea05a5 ("serial: 8250_mid: Disable DMA for selected
platforms") replaced the dnv_board setup and exit callbacks with
PTR_IF(false, ...), which evaluates to NULL. However, the three call
sites in mid8250_probe() and mid8250_remove() unconditionally
dereference these function pointers without NULL checks, causing a NULL
pointer dereference (kernel oops) on any Denverton (DNV), Ice Lake Xeon
D (ICX-D/CDF), or Snowridge (SNR) platform.

Fix this by adding the missing NULL checks before calling the setup and
exit callbacks.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-08-12 15:04:51 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081255-CVE-2026-68434-b1c1@gregkh/T


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