CVE-2024-27046 is a NULL-pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel NFP Flower Ethernet link aggregation driver. In nfp_fl_lag_do_work(), kmalloc_array() can return NULL when physical memory is exhausted. The function does not adequately check this allocation result before dereferencing acti_netdevs, potentially causing system instability. The fix checks for allocation failure and reschedules the delayed work to retry instead of dereferencing the NULL pointer.
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Linux kernel vulnerability covered by the security update.
A Linux kernel NFP flower driver flaw involving handling of acti_netdevs allocation failure. Listed as fixed by the updated container image.
Linux kernel NFP flower driver flaw involving improper handling of acti_netdevs allocation failure.
Linux kernel NFP flower driver allocation-failure handling flaw affecting acti_netdevs.
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