Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: netdevsim: don't try to destroy PHC on VFs

PHC gets initialized in nsim_init_netdevsim(), which
is only called if (nsim_dev_port_is_pf()).

Create a counterpart of nsim_init_netdevsim() and
move the mock_phc_destroy() there.

This fixes a crash trying to destroy netdevsim with
VFs instantiated, as caught by running the devlink.sh test:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000b8
RIP: 0010:mock_phc_destroy+0xd/0x30
Call Trace:
<TASK>
nsim_destroy+0x4a/0x70 [netdevsim]
__nsim_dev_port_del+0x47/0x70 [netdevsim]
nsim_dev_reload_destroy+0x105/0x120 [netdevsim]
nsim_drv_remove+0x2f/0xb0 [netdevsim]
device_release_driver_internal+0x1a1/0x210
bus_remove_device+0xd5/0x120
device_del+0x159/0x490
device_unregister+0x12/0x30
del_device_store+0x11a/0x1a0 [netdevsim]
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x130/0x1d0
vfs_write+0x30b/0x4b0
ksys_write+0x69/0xf0
do_syscall_64+0xcc/0x1e0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6f/0x77
Published: 2024-02-22
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T20:00:13.226Z

Reserved: 2024-02-19T14:20:24.126Z

Link: CVE-2024-26587

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:07:19.707Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-22T17:15:08.937

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:02:35.900

Link: CVE-2024-26587

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-02-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-26587 - Bugzilla

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