{"cve":"CVE-2026-53338","nvd":{"published":"2026-07-01T14:16:41.807","modified":"2026-07-23T21:33:12.483","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: airoha: Add NULL check for of_reserved_mem_lookup() in airoha_qdma_init_hfwd_queues()\n\nof_reserved_mem_lookup() may return NULL if the reserved memory region\nreferenced by the \"memory-region\" phandle is not found in the reserved\nmemory table (e.g. due to a misconfigured DTS or a removed\nmemory-region node).  The current code dereferences the returned\npointer without checking for NULL, leading to a kernel NULL pointer\ndereference at the following lines:\n\n    dma_addr = rmem->base;                          // line 1156\n    num_desc = div_u64(rmem->size, buf_size);       // line 1160\n\nAdd a NULL check after of_reserved_mem_lookup() and return -ENODEV if\nthe lookup fails, which is consistent with the existing error handling\nfor of_parse_phandle() failure in the same code block.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01f7d4b504580664d36faea5671cde5e3f0d8a5b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdb96c42db7b256348f9b57718debfaa4bca6b39","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9f25118faa4dd2b6e3d14a03d123bbdbd59925d"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:42:16.820116992+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-53338","score":0.0016,"percentile":0.05163,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}