In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: enetc: allocate vf_state during PF probes
In the previous implementation, vfstate is allocated memory only when VF is enabled. However, netdeviceops::ndosetvfmac() may be called before VF is enabled to configure the MAC address of VF. If this is the case, enetcpfsetvfmac() will access vf_state, resulting in access to a null pointer. The simplified error log is as follows.
root@ls1028ardb:~# ip link set eno0 vf 1 mac 00:0c:e7:66:77:89 [ 173.543315] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000004 [ 173.637254] pc : enetcpfsetvfmac+0x3c/0x80 Message from sy [ 173.641973] lr : dosetlink+0x4a8/0xec8 [ 173.732292] Call trace: [ 173.734740] enetcpfsetvfmac+0x3c/0x80 [ 173.738847] _rtnlnewlink+0x530/0x89c [ 173.742692] rtnlnewlink+0x50/0x7c [ 173.746189] rtnetlinkrcvmsg+0x128/0x390 [ 173.750298] netlinkrcvskb+0x60/0x130 [ 173.754145] rtnetlinkrcv+0x18/0x24 [ 173.757731] netlinkunicast+0x318/0x380 [ 173.761665] netlink_sendmsg+0x17c/0x3c8