CVE-2026-23070

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> Octeontx2-af: Add proper checks for fwdata<br /> <br /> firmware populates MAC address, link modes (supported, advertised)<br /> and EEPROM data in shared firmware structure which kernel access<br /> via MAC block(CGX/RPM).<br /> <br /> Accessing fwdata, on boards booted with out MAC block leading to<br /> kernel panics.<br /> <br /> Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000005 [#1] SMP<br /> [ 10.460721] Modules linked in:<br /> [ 10.463779] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 174 Comm: kworker/0:3 Not tainted 6.19.0-rc5-00154-g76ec646abdf7-dirty #3 PREEMPT<br /> [ 10.474045] Hardware name: Marvell OcteonTX CN98XX board (DT)<br /> [ 10.479793] Workqueue: events work_for_cpu_fn<br /> [ 10.484159] pstate: 80400009 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)<br /> [ 10.491124] pc : rvu_sdp_init+0x18/0x114<br /> [ 10.495051] lr : rvu_probe+0xe58/0x1d18