CVE-2026-68434
serial: 8250_mid: Fix NULL function pointer dereference on DNV/ICX-D/SNR platforms
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: serial: 8250_mid: Fix NULL function pointer dereference on DNV/ICX-D/SNR platforms Commit b1b4efea05a5 ("serial: 8250_mid: Disable DMA for selected platforms") replaced the dnv_board setup and exit callbacks with PTR_IF(false, ...), which evaluates to NULL. However, the three call sites in mid8250_probe() and mid8250_remove() unconditionally dereference these function pointers without NULL checks, causing a NULL pointer dereference (kernel oops) on any Denverton (DNV), Ice Lake Xeon D (ICX-D/CDF), or Snowridge (SNR) platform. Fix this by adding the missing NULL checks before calling the setup and exit callbacks.
Affected products and versions
2| Product | Source | Version range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
LinuxBrowse Linux / LinuxDefault status: unaffected, affected | CVE List | 587afb06a5d1dc5092d3d9e9ac3ccf22094d50c6 to < 1096397c31f6bffa95e77bdd18fbca085be83e10 | affected |
| 977855894bca4b87afa50d21e3f3e85a5a0e901f to < 600dcd548fb2b00a69f447684f52ba45d5a3540e | affected | ||
| 1cd54e217c6e2cdb794a897b2f855e13ffcee586 to < b2a3eeb57ba24f8a0e34a69d40adcc63e5b9ca56 | affected | ||
| 9690e8a342632344984af72bc56b7a1fba61e6cb to < 8cbad52ccfa6a7f089cfab34979bc6cc3bff25be | affected | ||
| b1b4efea05a56c0995e4702a86d6624b4fdff32f to < 7fb13fd7e9a59a37cd911efff83abe19e3ee029d | affected | ||
| 763d61ded752fbb3116efc951eff4363f237b7e0 | affected | ||
| c7d190bb07bf4e3b217c69370e94d1b4c80a40ad | affected | ||
| 0b3ed3fa227ba778cabed96e7f8d84addb8bdf9c | affected | ||
| 6.6.145 to < 6.6.148 | affected | ||
| 6.12.96 to < 6.12.101 | affected | ||
| 6.18.39 to < 6.18.42 | affected | ||
| 7.1.4 to < 7.1.6 | affected | ||
| Showing 12 of 22 version ranges | |||
KernelBrowse Linux / Kernel | OSV | Before 6.6.148 · Fixed in 6.6.148 | affected |
| 6.7.0 to < 6.12.101 · Fixed in 6.12.101 | affected | ||
| 6.13.0 to < 6.18.42 · Fixed in 6.18.42 | affected | ||
| 6.19.0 to < 7.1.6 · Fixed in 7.1.6 | affected | ||