Medium [CVE-2026-74491] Fix NULL bus dereference in of_pci_range_parser_one
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-74491.
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: of/address: Fix NULL bus dereference in of_pci_range_parser_one() The bus matching rework made of_match_bus() return NULL for nodes with ranges/dma-ranges but no local #address-cells. parser_init() stored that NULL bus, and the range iterator later dereferenced it.
Reject such nodes in parser_init(), leaving an explicit empty iterator for callers that ignore the init return, and make of_dma_get_max_cpu_address() honour the init failure so a rejected node cannot clamp the DMA limit. A null pointer dereference vulnerability exists within the `of_pci_range_parser_one()` function.
This occurs when `of_match_bus()` returns a null value for nodes with specific range properties, which is then improperly dereferenced. An attacker could potentially exploit this to prevent a rejected node from clamping the Direct Memory Access (DMA) limit, which may lead to system instability or a denial of service.
Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). Weakness: CWE-476.
Red Hat lists Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 as not affected.
Affected versions
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Mitigation
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