# CVE-2022-49084: qede: confirm skb is allocated before using

- 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
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.18

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: qede: confirm skb is allocated before using qede_build_skb() assumes build_skb() always works and goes straight to skb_reserve(). However, build_skb() can fail under memory pressure. This results in a kernel panic because the skb to reserve is NULL. Add a check in case build_skb() failed to allocate and return NULL. The NULL return is handled correctly in callers to qede_build_skb().

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9648adb1b3ece55c657d3a4f52bfee663b710dfe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/034a92c6a81048128fc7b18d278d52438a13902a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8928239e5e2e460d95b8a0b89f61671625e7ece0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9bdce2359b5f4986eb38d1e81865b3586cc20d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2d6b3db9d1cf80908964036dbe1c52a86b1afb1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1fd0c42acfa22bb34d2ab6a111484f466ab8093
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e910dbe36508654a896d5735b318c0b88172570

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