Threats tagged 'ghsa-3rw3-pfv7-m7r7'

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel's mlx5 network driver causes a kernel crash (NULL pointer dereference) when setting bridge mode operations with zero virtual functions (VFs). This occurs because the bridge mode attribute is not applicable when no VFs are present, leading to a NULL pointer dereference in mlx5_add_flow_rules. The issue has been fixed by preventing setting or getting the bridge mode when no VFs exist, and the affected interface no longer appears in bridge link output in this case.