Improper resource allocation In linux

Description

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in the Mellanox mlx5 Ethernet driver in the Linux kernel. The driver stores a pointer to mlx5e_priv in the devlink private data, but this structure can be zeroed out (memset to 0) when profile attachment fails. Subsequent access to the zeroed structure during device removal causes a NULL pointer dereference and kernel crash.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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