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This is the contract of this function.\n\nHowever, there is a location within the driver where both\npmac_id_valid == false and pmac_id == NULL are being passed. This could\nresult in dereferencing a NULL pointer.\n\nTo resolve this issue, it is necessary to pass the address of a stub\nvariable to the function."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c"],"versions":[{"version":"95046b927a54f461766f83a212c6a93bc5fd2e67","lessThan":"4cba480c9b9a3861a515262225cb53a1f5978344","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"95046b927a54f461766f83a212c6a93bc5fd2e67","lessThan":"92c6dc181a18e6e0ddb872ed35cb48a9274829e4","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"95046b927a54f461766f83a212c6a93bc5fd2e67","lessThan":"6c3e00888dbec887125a08b51a705b9b163fcdd1","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"95046b927a54f461766f83a212c6a93bc5fd2e67","lessThan":"e206fb415db36bad52bb90c08d46ce71ffbe8a80","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"95046b927a54f461766f83a212c6a93bc5fd2e67","lessThan":"47ffb4dcffe336f4a7bd0f3284be7aadc6484698","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"95046b927a54f461766f83a212c6a93bc5fd2e67","lessThan":"31410a01a86bcb98c798d01061abf1f789c4f75a","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"95046b927a54f461766f83a212c6a93bc5fd2e67","lessThan":"8215794403d264739cc676668087512950b2ff31","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c"],"versions":[{"version":"3.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"3.12","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.249","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.199","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.162","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.122","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.68","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.8","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.19","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.12","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.249"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.12","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.199"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.12","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.162"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.12","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.122"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.12","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.68"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.12","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.8"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.12","versionEndExcluding":"6.19"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cba480c9b9a3861a515262225cb53a1f5978344"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92c6dc181a18e6e0ddb872ed35cb48a9274829e4"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c3e00888dbec887125a08b51a705b9b163fcdd1"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e206fb415db36bad52bb90c08d46ce71ffbe8a80"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47ffb4dcffe336f4a7bd0f3284be7aadc6484698"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31410a01a86bcb98c798d01061abf1f789c4f75a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8215794403d264739cc676668087512950b2ff31"}],"title":"be2net: Fix NULL pointer dereference in be_cmd_get_mac_from_list","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}