# CVE-2026-90080: octeontx2-pf: fix NULL deref of af\_xdp\_zc\_qidx on rep setup

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.15, 6.18.52, 7.2.6
- Published: 2026-09-17 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from efabce29015189cb5cd8066cf29eb1d754de6c3c, fixed in b003d5b4e46ca5033859db601e12d36da24d0e40; from efabce29015189cb5cd8066cf29eb1d754de6c3c, fixed in 7e33c6bd049b532d2ec4916895ef07e538bed905; from efabce29015189cb5cd8066cf29eb1d754de6c3c, fixed in b09a0503c755b6609fad59a84cc7f05b6843a03c; from 6.14.9, fixed in 6.15
- Linux: 6.15
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.15.0, fixed in 6.18.52; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-pf: fix NULL deref of af_xdp_zc_qidx on rep setup af_xdp_zc_qidx tracks receive queues using AF_XDP zero-copy and is allocated during PF/VF probe. Representors and other non-AF_XDP paths leave the pointer NULL, but several call sites used test_bit() on it unconditionally. Switching to devlink eswitch mode creates representors and runs otx2_init_hw_resources(), which reaches otx2_pool_aq_init() and oopses when dereferencing the NULL bitmap. Add NULL checks before every af_xdp_zc_qidx test_bit() use in the RSS, ethtool, XSK, and pool init paths.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b003d5b4e46ca5033859db601e12d36da24d0e40
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e33c6bd049b532d2ec4916895ef07e538bed905
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b09a0503c755b6609fad59a84cc7f05b6843a03c

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