# CVE-2024-56726: octeontx2-pf: handle otx2\_mbox\_get\_rsp errors in cn10k.c

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-12-29 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-pf: handle otx2_mbox_get_rsp errors in cn10k.c Add error pointer check after calling otx2_mbox_get_rsp().

## What to do

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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/a374e7e79fbdd7574bd89344447b0d4b91ba9801
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/856ad633e11869729be698df2287ecfe6ec31f27
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5a6c5af434671aea739a5a41c849819144f02c9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41f39f4c67253f802809310be6846ff408c3c758
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54abcec092616a4d01195355eb5d6036fb8fe363
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac9183023b6a9c09467516abd8aab04f9a2f9564

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