Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.10

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mvpp2: Guard flow control updates with globaltxfc in buffer switching The function mvpp2bmswitchbuffers mvpp2bmpoolupdateprivfc when switching between per-cpu and shared buffer pool modes. This function programs the CM3 flow...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-23438

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - net: mvpp2: guard flow control update with globaltxfc in buffer switching mvpp2bmswitchbuffers unconditionally calls mvpp2bmpoolupdateprivfc when switching...

CVE-2026-23438

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's mvpp2 driver. A local privileged user could cause a system crash, leading to a Denial of Service DoS, by triggering a null pointer dereference. This occurs when changing the Maximum Transmission Unit MTU on systems where the CM3 SRAM resource is not present,...

CVE-2026-23438

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mvpp2: guard flow control update with globaltxfc in buffer switching mvpp2bmswitchbuffers unconditionally calls mvpp2bmpoolupdateprivfc when switching between per-cpu and shared buffer pool modes. This function programs CM3...

CVE-2026-23438

In the Linux kernel mvpp2 driver, CVE-2026-23438 arises from an unconditional access to CM3 flow control via mvpp2_cm3_read()/mvpp2_cm3_write() in mvpp2_bm_switch_buffers(), when priv->cm3_base is NULL (e.g., CM3 SRAM not present in device tree). This can crash the kernel on MTU changes that c...

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 globaltxfc in buffer switching mvpp2bmswitchbuffers unconditionally calls mvpp2bmpoolupdateprivfc when switching between per-cpu and shared buffer pool modes. This function programs CM3...

PT-2026-30133

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description A flaw exists in the Linux kernel's networking subsystem, specifically within the mvpp2 module. The mvpp2 bm switch buffers function does not properly check for a NULL pointer in priv-cm...