# CVE-2024-27046: nfp: flower: handle acti\_netdevs allocation failure

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-01 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.18

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfp: flower: handle acti_netdevs allocation failure The kmalloc_array() in nfp_fl_lag_do_work() will return null, if the physical memory has run out. As a result, if we dereference the acti_netdevs, the null pointer dereference bugs will happen. This patch adds a check to judge whether allocation failure occurs. If it happens, the delayed work will be rescheduled and try again.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d746889db75a76aeee95fb705b8e1ac28c684a2e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b1e8a617eb0f4cdc19def530047a95b5abde07d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/928705e341010dd910fdece61ccb974f494a758f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d387dc503f9a53e6d1f6e9dd0292d38f083eba5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9b4e220dd18f79507803f38a55d53b483f6c9c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/408ba7fd04f959c61b50db79c983484312fea642
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8df9203bf22c66fa26e8d8c7f8ce181cf88099d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d8eb1238377cd994829f9162ae396a84ae037b2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84e95149bd341705f0eca6a7fcb955c548805002

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