5.5

CVE-2026-31736: net: ethernet: mtk_ppe: avoid NULL deref when gmac0 is disabled

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31736DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31736
Published 01-05-2026Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-31736 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.12%
0%100%
Low · -0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4
SUSE-SU-2026:22043-1SUSE-SU-2026:22048-1SUSE-SU-2026:22076-1SUSE-SU-2026:22087-1

Timeline

  1. 01-05-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: mtk_ppe: avoid NULL deref when gmac0 is disabled If the gmac0 is disabled, the precheck for a valid ingress device will cause a NULL pointer deref and crash the system. This happens because eth->netdev[0] will be NULL but the code will directly try to access netdev_ops. Instead of just checking for the first net_device, it must be checked if any of the mtk_eth net_devices is matching the netdev_ops of the ingress device.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.12%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

2%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.04 pp

From 0.16% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu108 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 73cfd947dbdb25ef9863ac49c4596a7d53ad4025, < 0b832aad33e6f160fda310f0306a6483d85e9d6e | ≥ 73cfd947dbdb25ef9863ac49c4596a7d53ad4025, < 5dff799c677152dde963c3917bacd9127b03e145 | ≥ 73cfd947dbdb25ef9863ac49c4596a7d53ad4025, < 7b2380f0a0e374010c1a4a13203511b9dee5b166 | ≥ 73cfd947dbdb25ef9863ac49c4596a7d53ad4025, < 976ff48c2ac6e6b25b01428c9d7997bcd0fb2949 | 6.11
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.11, < 6.12.81 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.18.22 | ≥ 6.19, < 6.19.12 | 7.0:rc1 | 7.0:rc2 | 7.0:rc3 | 7.0:rc4 | 7.0:rc5 | 7.0:rc6
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.12.85-1 | < 6.19.12-1

3 vendors · 111 products

References

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