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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-23438" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-04-03T15:15:22.701Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-15T01:14:58.956Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:02.025Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-23438" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-23438.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23438" title: "net: mvpp2: guard flow control update with global_tx_fc in buffer switching" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: mvpp2: guard flow control update with global_tx_fc in buffer switching\n\nmvpp2_bm_switch_buffers() unconditionally calls\nmvpp2_bm_pool_update_priv_fc() when switching between per-cpu and\nshared buffer pool modes. This function programs CM3 flow control\nregisters via mvpp2_cm3_read()/mvpp2_cm3_write(), which dereference\npriv-\u003ecm3_base without any NULL check.\n\nWhen the CM3 SRAM resource is not present in the device tree (the\nthird reg entry added by commit 60523583b07c (\"dts: marvell: add CM3\nSRAM memory to cp11x ethernet device tree\")), priv-\u003ecm3_base remains\nNULL and priv-\u003eglobal_tx_fc is false. Any operation that triggers\nmvpp2_bm_switch_buffers(), for example an MTU change that crosses\nthe jumbo frame threshold, will crash:\n\n Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at\n virtual address 0000000000000000\n Mem abort info:\n ESR = 0x0000000096000006\n EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits\n pc : readl+0x0/0x18\n lr : mvpp2_cm3_read.isra.0+0x14/0x20\n Call trace:\n readl+0x0/0x18\n mvpp2_bm_pool_update_fc+0x40/0x12c\n mvpp2_bm_pool_update_priv_fc+0x94/0xd8\n mvpp2_bm_switch_buffers.isra.0+0x80/0x1c0\n mvpp2_change_mtu+0x140/0x380\n __dev_set_mtu+0x1c/0x38\n dev_set_mtu_ext+0x78/0x118\n dev_set_mtu+0x48/0xa8\n dev_ifsioc+0x21c/0x43c\n dev_ioctl+0x2d8/0x42c\n sock_ioctl+0x314/0x378\n\nEvery other flow control call site in the driver already guards\nhardware access with either priv-\u003eglobal_tx_fc or port-\u003etx_fc.\nmvpp2_bm_switch_buffers() is the only place that omits this check.\n\nAdd the missing priv-\u003eglobal_tx_fc guard to both the disable and\nre-enable calls in mvpp2_bm_switch_buffers(), consistent with the\nrest of the driver." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"3a616b92a9d17448d96a33bf58e69f01457fd43a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0cfcd31f98fc608dc9406bff3fee3a9dd364d014"},{"version":"3a616b92a9d17448d96a33bf58e69f01457fd43a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"da089f74a993f846685067b14158cb41b879ff29"},{"version":"3a616b92a9d17448d96a33bf58e69f01457fd43a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ff0c54f088f7ab91dbbf47cf8244460f99122750"},{"version":"3a616b92a9d17448d96a33bf58e69f01457fd43a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7bd20f4b3ef3044dc55acd5b8ef748a70d29d03f"},{"version":"3a616b92a9d17448d96a33bf58e69f01457fd43a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7df2b50cae1a76cbb90b294f3edb61e3e10bf2e9"},{"version":"3a616b92a9d17448d96a33bf58e69f01457fd43a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8baced53a35fc9710f80d6ca016a2c418dc3231f"},{"version":"3a616b92a9d17448d96a33bf58e69f01457fd43a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8a63baadf08453f66eb582fdb6dd234f72024723"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.12"},{"version":"5.15.203","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.167","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.130","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.78","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.20","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"6.19.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*"},{"version":"7.0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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