# CVE-2026-68328: nfp: Check resource mutex allocation

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-10 · Updated: 2026-08-19

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfp: Check resource mutex allocation nfp_cpp_resource_find() allocates a CPP mutex handle for the matching resource-table entry and then reports success. nfp_resource_try_acquire() immediately passes that handle to nfp_cpp_mutex_trylock(). However, nfp_cpp_mutex_alloc() returns NULL on failure. If that happens for a matching table entry, the resource lookup still returns success and the following trylock dereferences a NULL mutex pointer while opening the resource. nfp_resource_acquire() already treats failure to allocate the table mutex as -ENOMEM. Do the same for the resource mutex and fail the lookup before publishing the rest of the resource handle. This issue was found by a static analysis checker and confirmed by manual source review.

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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/18737a48acc87e4cbe41d6fea9a3f44eae490e24
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/423523f96a681428ce6e214eaf47f0d8242319de
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dbd85a8cc35c14bd26e686fa5fae8c64a7958ae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dbd428119cb1fd1b73cf6968c711f4ea964dc8b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfa119aa781c4044dab5b4c1e5864600f53a26bc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b1d4fc3b73ea6faf008a0996ce6190c6e43efc3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7dc30b6828c3a30252892827b12b676749f250f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a61b4db34a753bdf5c9e77a7f3d3dddd41dcfacc

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