CVE-2026-23438: net: mvpp2: guard flow control update with global_tx_fc in buffer switching
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: mvpp2: guard flow control update with global_tx_fc in buffer switching
mvpp2_bm_switch_buffers() unconditionally calls
mvpp2_bm_pool_update_priv_fc() when switching between per-cpu and
shared buffer pool modes. This function programs CM3 flow control
registers via mvpp2_cm3_read()/mvpp2_cm3_write(), which dereference
priv->cm3_base without any NULL check.
When the CM3 SRAM resource is not present in the device tree (the
third reg entry added by commit 60523583b07c ("dts: marvell: add CM3
SRAM memory to cp11x ethernet device tree")), priv->cm3_base remains
NULL and priv->global_tx_fc is false. Any operation that triggers
mvpp2_bm_switch_buffers(), for example an MTU change that crosses
the jumbo frame threshold, will crash:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
virtual address 0000000000000000
Mem abort info:
ESR = 0x0000000096000006
EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
pc : readl+0x0/0x18
lr : mvpp2_cm3_read.isra.0+0x14/0x20
Call trace:
readl+0x0/0x18
mvpp2_bm_pool_update_fc+0x40/0x12c
mvpp2_bm_pool_update_priv_fc+0x94/0xd8
mvpp2_bm_switch_buffers.isra.0+0x80/0x1c0
mvpp2_change_mtu+0x140/0x380
__dev_set_mtu+0x1c/0x38
dev_set_mtu_ext+0x78/0x118
dev_set_mtu+0x48/0xa8
dev_ifsioc+0x21c/0x43c
dev_ioctl+0x2d8/0x42c
sock_ioctl+0x314/0x378
Every other flow control call site in the driver already guards
hardware access with either priv->global_tx_fc or port->tx_fc.
mvpp2_bm_switch_buffers() is the only place that omits this check.
Add the missing priv->global_tx_fc guard to both the disable and
re-enable calls in mvpp2_bm_switch_buffers(), consistent with the
rest of the driver.
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