# CVE-2022-48934: nfp: flower: Fix a potential leak in nfp\_tunnel\_add\_shared\_mac()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-08-22 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.1

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfp: flower: Fix a potential leak in nfp_tunnel_add_shared_mac() ida_simple_get() returns an id between min (0) and max (NFP_MAX_MAC_INDEX) inclusive. So NFP_MAX_MAC_INDEX (0xff) is a valid id. In order for the error handling path to work correctly, the 'invalid' value for 'ida_idx' should not be in the 0..NFP_MAX_MAC_INDEX range, inclusive. So set it to -1.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ad5886f85b6bd893e3ed19013765fb0c243c069
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af4bc921d39dffdb83076e0a7eed1321242b7d87
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d8097caa73200710d52b9f4d9f430548f46a900
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4086d2433576baf85f0e538511df97c8101e0a10
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a14d0888eb4b0045884126acc69abfb7b87814d

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