CVE-2024-26587

net: netdevsim: don't try to destroy PHC on VFs

Published Feb 22, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: netdevsim: don't try to destroy PHC on VFs

PHC gets initialized in nsim_init_netdevsim(), which
is only called if (nsim_dev_port_is_pf()).

Create a counterpart of nsim_init_netdevsim() and
move the mock_phc_destroy() there.

This fixes a crash trying to destroy netdevsim with
VFs instantiated, as caught by running the devlink.sh test:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000b8
RIP: 0010:mock_phc_destroy+0xd/0x30
Call Trace:
<TASK>
nsim_destroy+0x4a/0x70 [netdevsim]
__nsim_dev_port_del+0x47/0x70 [netdevsim]
nsim_dev_reload_destroy+0x105/0x120 [netdevsim]
nsim_drv_remove+0x2f/0xb0 [netdevsim]
device_release_driver_internal+0x1a1/0x210
bus_remove_device+0xd5/0x120
device_del+0x159/0x490
device_unregister+0x12/0x30
del_device_store+0x11a/0x1a0 [netdevsim]
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x130/0x1d0
vfs_write+0x30b/0x4b0
ksys_write+0x69/0xf0
do_syscall_64+0xcc/0x1e0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6f/0x77

Remediation

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
May 11, 2026, 8:00 PM
Reserved
Feb 19, 2024, 2:20 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 22, 2024, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:17 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Feb 22, 2024, 12:00 AM