CVE-2026-43431
MEDIUMxhci: Fix NULL pointer dereference when reading portli debugfs files
Title source: cnaDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xhci: Fix NULL pointer dereference when reading portli debugfs files Michal reported and debgged a NULL pointer dereference bug in the recently added portli debugfs files Oops is caused when there are more port registers counted in xhci->max_ports than ports reported by Supported Protocol capabilities. This is possible if max_ports is more than maximum port number, or if there are gaps between ports of different speeds the 'Supported Protocol' capabilities. In such cases port->rhub will be NULL so we can't reach xhci behind it. Add an explicit NULL check for this case, and print portli in hex without dereferencing port->rhub.
References (2)
Core 2
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
3.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (8)
Linux/Linux
< 6.19
Linux/Linux
384c57ec720597f8104f69082cdd261abb998b80 - 9c8bef223c6e991276188d30d74bdb2cbd8be652
Linux/Linux
384c57ec720597f8104f69082cdd261abb998b80 - ae4ff9dead5efa2025eddfcdb29411432bf40a7c
Linux/Linux
6.19
Linux/Linux
6.19.9 - 6.19.*
Linux/Linux
7.0
linux/linux_kernel
7.0 rc1 (4 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel
6.19 - 6.19.9
Published
May 08, 2026
Tracked Since
May 08, 2026