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

net: dlink: handle copy_thresh allocation failure

The driver did not handle failure of `netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align()`.
If the allocation failed, dereferencing `skb->protocol` could lead to
a NULL pointer dereference.

This patch tries to allocate `skb`. If the allocation fails, it falls
back to the normal path.

Tested-on: D-Link DGE-550T Rev-A3
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Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dlink: handle copy_thresh allocation failure The driver did not handle failure of `netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align()`. If the allocation failed, dereferencing `skb->protocol` could lead to a NULL pointer dereference. This patch tries to allocate `skb`. If the allocation fails, it falls back to the normal path. Tested-on: D-Link DGE-550T Rev-A3
Title net: dlink: handle copy_thresh allocation failure
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-28T11:48:28.444Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.157Z

Link: CVE-2025-40053

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Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-28T12:15:39.510

Modified: 2025-10-28T12:15:39.510

Link: CVE-2025-40053

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