# CVE-2021-46948: sfc: farch: fix TX queue lookup in TX event handling

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-02-27 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sfc: farch: fix TX queue lookup in TX event handling We're starting from a TXQ label, not a TXQ type, so efx_channel_get_tx_queue() is inappropriate (and could return NULL, leading to panics).

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf2b941d0a6f2d3b9f5fa3c4c21bdd54f71ce253
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35c7a83ad1bb1d48ae249346e61b1132bcbf9052
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e531db1ea6f98c9612cb2de093a107c7eadfb96c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83b09a1807415608b387c7bc748d329fefc5617e

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