CVE-2026-68291EPSS p5.2%
CVE-2026-68291CVE-2026-68291
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
idpf: fix max_vport related crash on allocation error during init
Set adapter->max_vports only after successful allocation of vports, netdevs
and vport_config buffers. This fixes possible crashes on reset or rmmod,
following failed allocation on init
[ 305.981402] idpf 0000:83:00.0: enabling device (0100 -> 0102)
[ 305.994464] idpf 0000:83:00.0: Device HW Reset initiated
[ 320.416872] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
[ 320.416918] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[ 320.416942] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[ 320.416963] PGD 2099657067 P4D 0
[ 320.416983] Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
...
[ 320.417093] RIP: 0010:idpf_remove+0x118/0x200 [idpf]
[ 320.417130] Code: 8b bb 98 09 00 00 e8 17 0f 5b e5 48 8b bb e8 08 00 00 e8 0b 0f 5b e5 66 83 bb 28 06 00 00 00 48 8b bb 20 06 00 00 74 49 31 ed <48> 8b 04 ef 48 85 c0 74 2f 48 8b 78 20 e8 66 58 91 e5 48 8b 83 20
Scoring
| EPSS | 0.15% probability of exploitation · percentile 5.2% · 2026-08-11T12:00:17Z |
| Last modified | 2026-08-10 |