CVE-2026-43431

MEDIUM

xhci: Fix NULL pointer dereference when reading portli debugfs files

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

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