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CVE-2026-43337
Medium · 5.5
CWE-476 May 8, 2026
drm/amd/display: Fix NULL pointer dereference in dcn401_init_hw()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amd/display: Fix NULL pointer dereference in dcn401_init_hw()
dcn401_init_hw() assumes that update_bw_bounding_box() is valid when
entering the update path. However, the existing condition:
((!fams2_enable && update_bw_bounding_box) || freq_changed)
does not guarantee this, as the freq_changed branch can evaluate to true
independently of the callback pointer.
This can result in calling update_bw_bounding_box() when it is NULL.
Fix this by separating the update condition from the pointer checks and
ensuring the callback, dc->clk_mgr, and bw_params are validated before
use.
Fixes the below:
../dc/hwss/dcn401/dcn401_hwseq.c:367 dcn401_init_hw() error: we previously assumed 'dc->res_pool->funcs->update_bw_bounding_box' could be null (see line 362)
(cherry picked from commit 86117c5ab42f21562fedb0a64bffea3ee5fcd477)
CVE-2026-43335
Medium · 5.5
CWE-476 May 8, 2026
interconnect: qcom: sm8450: Fix NULL pointer dereference in icc_link_nodes()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
interconnect: qcom: sm8450: Fix NULL pointer dereference in icc_link_nodes()
The change to dynamic IDs for SM8450 platform interconnects left two links
unconverted, fix it to avoid the NULL pointer dereference in runtime,
when a pointer to a destination interconnect is not valid:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000008
<...>
Call trace:
icc_link_nodes+0x3c/0x100 (P)
qcom_icc_rpmh_probe+0x1b4/0x528
platform_probe+0x64/0xc0
really_probe+0xc4/0x2a8
__driver_probe_device+0x80/0x140
driver_probe_device+0x48/0x170
__device_attach_driver+0xc0/0x148
bus_for_each_drv+0x88/0xf0
__device_attach+0xb0/0x1c0
device_initial_probe+0x58/0x68
bus_probe_device+0x40/0xb8
deferred_probe_work_func+0x90/0xd0
process_one_work+0x15c/0x3c0
worker_thread+0x2e8/0x400
kthread+0x150/0x208
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
Code: 900310f4 911d6294 91008280 94176078 (f94002a0)
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception
CVE-2026-43333
Medium · 5.5
CWE-476 May 8, 2026
bpf: reject direct access to nullable PTR_TO_BUF pointers
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: reject direct access to nullable PTR_TO_BUF pointers
check_mem_access() matches PTR_TO_BUF via base_type() which strips
PTR_MAYBE_NULL, allowing direct dereference without a null check.
Map iterator ctx->key and ctx->value are PTR_TO_BUF | PTR_MAYBE_NULL.
On stop callbacks these are NULL, causing a kernel NULL dereference.
Add a type_may_be_null() guard to the PTR_TO_BUF branch, matching the
existing PTR_TO_BTF_ID pattern.
CVE-2026-43313
Medium · 5.5
CWE-476 May 8, 2026
ACPI: processor: Fix NULL-pointer dereference in acpi_processor_errata_piix4()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ACPI: processor: Fix NULL-pointer dereference in acpi_processor_errata_piix4()
In acpi_processor_errata_piix4(), the pointer dev is first assigned an IDE
device and then reassigned an ISA device:
dev = pci_get_subsys(..., PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82371AB, ...);
dev = pci_get_subsys(..., PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82371AB_0, ...);
If the first lookup succeeds but the second fails, dev becomes NULL. This
leads to a potential null-pointer dereference when dev_dbg() is called:
if (errata.piix4.bmisx)
dev_dbg(&dev->dev, ...);
To prevent this, use two temporary pointers and retrieve each device
independently, avoiding overwriting dev with a possible NULL value.
[ rjw: Subject adjustment, added an empty code line ]
CVE-2026-43300
Medium · 5.5
CWE-476 May 8, 2026
drm/panel: Fix a possible null-pointer dereference in jdi_panel_dsi_remove()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/panel: Fix a possible null-pointer dereference in jdi_panel_dsi_remove()
In jdi_panel_dsi_remove(), jdi is explicitly checked, indicating that it
may be NULL:
if (!jdi)
mipi_dsi_detach(dsi);
However, when jdi is NULL, the function does not return and continues by
calling jdi_panel_disable():
err = jdi_panel_disable(&jdi->base);
Inside jdi_panel_disable(), jdi is dereferenced unconditionally, which can
lead to a NULL-pointer dereference:
struct jdi_panel *jdi = to_panel_jdi(panel);
backlight_disable(jdi->backlight);
To prevent such a potential NULL-pointer dereference, return early from
jdi_panel_dsi_remove() when jdi is NULL.
CVE-2026-43297
Medium · 5.5
CWE-476 May 8, 2026
media: rockchip: rga: Fix possible ERR_PTR dereference in rga_buf_init()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: rockchip: rga: Fix possible ERR_PTR dereference in rga_buf_init()
rga_get_frame() can return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL) when buffer type is
unsupported or invalid. rga_buf_init() does not check the return value
and unconditionally dereferences the pointer when accessing f->size.
Add proper ERR_PTR checking and return the error to prevent
dereferencing an invalid pointer.
CVE-2026-39836
High · 7.5
CWE-476 May 7, 2026
Panic in Dial and LookupPort when handling NUL byte on Windows in net
The Dial and LookupPort functions panic on Windows when provided with an input containing a NUL (0).
CVE-2026-41684
Medium · 6.5
CWE-476 May 7, 2026
Incus: Nil Dereferences on Restore via Malformed YAML
Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.0.0, backup.GetInfo() trusts the inline backup/index.yaml config when present and only falls back to parsing the legacy backup/container/backup.yaml file if result.Config == nil. As a result, an archive can carry a valid inline config that passes the initial import preflight while also carrying a malformed legacy backup/container/backup.yaml file that is reparsed later from the restored file system. ParseConfigYamlFile() accepts YAML documents with no container section, and multiple downstream consumers then dereference. Container without checking for nil. Confirmed examples in the instance restore and import flow include backup.UpdateInstanceConfig() and internalImportFromBackup(). An authenticated user with permission to import instance backups may be able to crash the Incus daemon with a crafted backup archive whose inline backup/index.yaml is valid but whose extracted legacy backup.yaml omits container. The crash occurs in the restore path after archive extraction has begun. This issue has been patched in version 7.0.0.
CVE-2026-41647
Medium · 6.5
CWE-476 May 7, 2026
Incus: Nil-Pointer Dereference via S3 Bucket Import
Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.0.0, a missing error handling could lead an authenticated Incus user to cause a daemon crash through the import of a truncated storage bucket backup file. This issue has been patched in version 7.0.0.
CVE-2026-42285
High · 7.5
CWE-476 May 7, 2026
GoBGP: Panic in AdjRib.Update via malformed BGP Update message (Nil Pointer Dereference)
GoBGP is an open source Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) implementation in the Go Programming Language. In version 4.4.0, an unauthenticated remote BGP peer can trigger a fatal panic in GoBGP by sending a specially crafted BGP UPDATE message. When the server receives a message with inconsistent attribute lengths, it improperly handles the internal state transition to a "withdraw" action, leading to a nil pointer dereference in the AdjRib.Update function. This causes the entire GoBGP process to crash, resulting in a complete loss of service availability. This issue has been patched in version 4.5.0.
CVE-2026-41642
High · 7.5
CWE-476 May 7, 2026
GoBGP: Remote Denial of Service (Panic) via Malformed Well-known Path Attribute
GoBGP is an open source Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) implementation in the Go Programming Language. In version 4.3.0, a remote Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in GoBGP due to a nil pointer dereference. When a malformed BGP UPDATE message contains an unrecognized Path Attribute marked as "Well-known," the daemon fails to interrupt the message handling flow. This results in an illegal memory access and a full process crash (panic). This issue has been patched in version 4.4.0.
CVE-2026-8063
Medium · 6.5
CWE-476 May 7, 2026
Post-auth null pointer dereference when aggregating against a view with empty search pipeline
An authenticated user can crash mongod when running $rankFusion or $scoreFusion with an empty pipeline on a view.
When resolving a view, the server inspects the aggregation pipeline to determine whether it begins with an Atlas Search stage. For $rankFusion and $scoreFusion, this inspection reads the first element on each stage’s input pipeline array without first verifying that the array is non-empty. Supplying an empty pipeline causes a null pointer dereference and crashes the server.
This issue affects MongoDB Server 8.2 versions prior to 8.2.7.
CVE-2026-44602
High · 7.5
CWE-476 May 7, 2026
Tor before 0.4.9.7 has a NULL pointer dereference when a CERT cell is received out of order, aka...
Tor before 0.4.9.7 has a NULL pointer dereference when a CERT cell is received out of order, aka TROVE-2026-006.
CVE-2026-40197
Medium · 6.5
CWE-476 May 6, 2026
Incus nil-pointer dereference in custom volume import allows denial of service
Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. In versions before 7.0.0, missing validation logic in the storage volume import logic allows an authenticated user with access to the storage volume feature to cause the Incus daemon to crash. The custom volume backup import subsystem contains a nil-pointer dereference vulnerability during import operations. In the snapshot import loop, the daemon iterates over entries from `srcBackup.Config.VolumeSnapshots` and assumes that each slice element is initialized, then dereferences fields such as `Name`, `Config`, `Description`, `CreatedAt`, and `ExpiresAt` without first validating the element itself. Because the yaml unmarshaler accepts explicit null array elements from an attacker-controlled index.yaml and converts them into nil pointers inside the slice, an attacker can supply a backup archive containing a null entry in the volume_snapshots array. This causes a nil-pointer dereference during custom volume import and terminates the daemon, resulting in denial of service on the affected node. Repeated use of this issue can be used to keep Incus offline, causing a denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 7.0.0.
CVE-2026-40195
Medium · 6.5
CWE-476 May 6, 2026
Incus nil-pointer dereference in storage bucket import allows denial of service
Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. In versions before 7.0.0, missing validation logic in the storage bucket import logic allows an authenticated user with access to the storage bucket feature to cause the Incus daemon to crash. The vulnerability is present in the backup metadata handling logic, where the daemon processes the index.yaml file from an imported archive and accesses members of the parsed backup configuration without first verifying that the configuration object was initialized. A malicious or malformed index.yaml that omits the config block causes a nil-pointer dereference during bucket import operations and terminates the daemon. Repeated use of this issue can be used to keep Incus offline, causing a denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 7.0.0.
CVE-2026-43282
Medium · 5.5
CWE-476 May 6, 2026
RDMA/ionic: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in ionic_query_port
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/ionic: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in ionic_query_port
The function ionic_query_port() calls ib_device_get_netdev() without
checking the return value which could lead to NULL pointer dereference,
Fix it by checking the return value and return -ENODEV if the 'ndev' is
NULL.
CVE-2026-43272
Medium · 5.5
CWE-476 May 6, 2026
ring-buffer: Fix possible dereference of uninitialized pointer
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ring-buffer: Fix possible dereference of uninitialized pointer
There is a pointer head_page in rb_meta_validate_events() which is not
initialized at the beginning of a function. This pointer can be dereferenced
if there is a failure during reader page validation. In this case the control
is passed to "invalid" label where the pointer is dereferenced in a loop.
To fix the issue initialize orig_head and head_page before calling
rb_validate_buffer.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
CVE-2026-43271
Medium · 5.5
CWE-476 May 6, 2026
md-cluster: fix NULL pointer dereference in process_metadata_update
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
md-cluster: fix NULL pointer dereference in process_metadata_update
The function process_metadata_update() blindly dereferences the 'thread'
pointer (acquired via rcu_dereference_protected) within the wait_event()
macro.
While the code comment states "daemon thread must exist", there is a valid
race condition window during the MD array startup sequence (md_run):
1. bitmap_load() is called, which invokes md_cluster_ops->join().
2. join() starts the "cluster_recv" thread (recv_daemon).
3. At this point, recv_daemon is active and processing messages.
4. However, mddev->thread (the main MD thread) is not initialized until
later in md_run().
If a METADATA_UPDATED message is received from a remote node during this
specific window, process_metadata_update() will be called while
mddev->thread is still NULL, leading to a kernel panic.
To fix this, we must validate the 'thread' pointer. If it is NULL, we
release the held lock (no_new_dev_lockres) and return early, safely
ignoring the update request as the array is not yet fully ready to
process it.
CVE-2026-43263
High · 7.8
CWE-476 May 6, 2026
media: chips-media: wave5: Fix Null reference while testing fluster
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: chips-media: wave5: Fix Null reference while testing fluster
When multi instances are created/destroyed, many interrupts happens
and structures for decoder are removed.
"struct vpu_instance" this structure is shared for all flow in the decoder,
so if the structure is not protected by lock, Null dereference
could happens sometimes.
IRQ Handler was spilt to two phases and Lock was added as well.
CVE-2026-43251
Medium · 5.5
CWE-476 May 6, 2026
HID: prodikeys: Check presence of pm->input_ep82
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HID: prodikeys: Check presence of pm->input_ep82
Fake USB devices can send their own report descriptors for which the
input_mapping() hook does not get called. In this case, pm->input_ep82 stays
NULL, which leads to a crash later.
This does not happen with the real device, but can be provoked by imposing as
one.
CVE-2026-43216
Medium · 5.5
CWE-476 May 6, 2026
net: Drop the lock in skb_may_tx_timestamp()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: Drop the lock in skb_may_tx_timestamp()
skb_may_tx_timestamp() may acquire sock::sk_callback_lock. The lock must
not be taken in IRQ context, only softirq is okay. A few drivers receive
the timestamp via a dedicated interrupt and complete the TX timestamp
from that handler. This will lead to a deadlock if the lock is already
write-locked on the same CPU.
Taking the lock can be avoided. The socket (pointed by the skb) will
remain valid until the skb is released. The ->sk_socket and ->file
member will be set to NULL once the user closes the socket which may
happen before the timestamp arrives.
If we happen to observe the pointer while the socket is closing but
before the pointer is set to NULL then we may use it because both
pointer (and the file's cred member) are RCU freed.
Drop the lock. Use READ_ONCE() to obtain the individual pointer. Add a
matching WRITE_ONCE() where the pointer are cleared.
CVE-2026-43213
High · 7.5
CWE-476 May 6, 2026
wifi: rtw89: pci: validate sequence number of TX release report
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: rtw89: pci: validate sequence number of TX release report
Hardware rarely reports abnormal sequence number in TX release report,
which will access out-of-bounds of wd_ring->pages array, causing NULL
pointer dereference.
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
CPU: 1 PID: 1085 Comm: irq/129-rtw89_p Tainted: G S U
6.1.145-17510-g2f3369c91536 #1 (HASH:69e8 1)
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
rtw89_pci_release_tx+0x18f/0x300 [rtw89_pci (HASH:4c83 2)]
rtw89_pci_napi_poll+0xc2/0x190 [rtw89_pci (HASH:4c83 2)]
net_rx_action+0xfc/0x460 net/core/dev.c:6578 net/core/dev.c:6645 net/core/dev.c:6759
handle_softirqs+0xbe/0x290 kernel/softirq.c:601
? rtw89_pci_interrupt_threadfn+0xc5/0x350 [rtw89_pci (HASH:4c83 2)]
__local_bh_enable_ip+0xeb/0x120 kernel/softirq.c:499 kernel/softirq.c:423
</IRQ>
<TASK>
rtw89_pci_interrupt_threadfn+0xf8/0x350 [rtw89_pci (HASH:4c83 2)]
? irq_thread+0xa7/0x340 kernel/irq/manage.c:0
irq_thread+0x177/0x340 kernel/irq/manage.c:1205 kernel/irq/manage.c:1314
? thaw_kernel_threads+0xb0/0xb0 kernel/irq/manage.c:1202
? irq_forced_thread_fn+0x80/0x80 kernel/irq/manage.c:1220
kthread+0xea/0x110 kernel/kthread.c:376
? synchronize_irq+0x1a0/0x1a0 kernel/irq/manage.c:1287
? kthread_associate_blkcg+0x80/0x80 kernel/kthread.c:331
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
</TASK>
To prevent crash, validate rpp_info.seq before using.
CVE-2026-43207
High · 7.8
CWE-476 May 6, 2026
media: mtk-mdp: Fix error handling in probe function
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: mtk-mdp: Fix error handling in probe function
Add mtk_mdp_unregister_m2m_device() on the error handling path to prevent
resource leak.
Add check for the return value of vpu_get_plat_device() to prevent null
pointer dereference. And vpu_get_plat_device() increases the reference
count of the returned platform device. Add platform_device_put() to
prevent reference leak.
CVE-2026-43175
Medium · 5.5
CWE-476 May 6, 2026
clk: rs9: Reserve 8 struct clk_hw slots for for 9FGV0841
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
clk: rs9: Reserve 8 struct clk_hw slots for for 9FGV0841
The 9FGV0841 has 8 outputs and registers 8 struct clk_hw, make sure
there are 8 slots for those newly registered clk_hw pointers, else
there is going to be out of bounds write when pointers 4..7 are set
into struct rs9_driver_data .clk_dif[4..7] field.
Since there are other structure members past this struct clk_hw
pointer array, writing to .clk_dif[4..7] fields corrupts both
the struct rs9_driver_data content and data around it, sometimes
without crashing the kernel. However, the kernel does surely
crash when the driver is unbound or during suspend.
Fix this, increase the struct clk_hw pointer array size to the
maximum output count of 9FGV0841, which is the biggest chip that
is supported by this driver.
CVE-2026-43173
Medium · 5.5
CWE-476 May 6, 2026
net: ethernet: xscale: Check for PTP support properly
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ethernet: xscale: Check for PTP support properly
In ixp4xx_get_ts_info() ixp46x_ptp_find() is called
unconditionally despite this feature only existing on
ixp46x, leading to the following splat from tcpdump:
root@OpenWrt:~# tcpdump -vv -X -i eth0
(...)
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
00000238 when read
(...)
Call trace:
ptp_clock_index from ixp46x_ptp_find+0x1c/0x38
ixp46x_ptp_find from ixp4xx_get_ts_info+0x4c/0x64
ixp4xx_get_ts_info from __ethtool_get_ts_info+0x90/0x108
__ethtool_get_ts_info from __dev_ethtool+0xa00/0x2648
__dev_ethtool from dev_ethtool+0x160/0x234
dev_ethtool from dev_ioctl+0x2cc/0x460
dev_ioctl from sock_ioctl+0x1ec/0x524
sock_ioctl from sys_ioctl+0x51c/0xa94
sys_ioctl from ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x44
(...)
Segmentation fault
Check for ixp46x in ixp46x_ptp_find() before trying to set up
PTP to avoid this.
To avoid altering the returned error code from ixp4xx_hwtstamp_set()
which before this patch was -EOPNOTSUPP, we return -EOPNOTSUPP
from ixp4xx_hwtstamp_set() if ixp46x_ptp_find() fails no matter
the error code. The helper function ixp46x_ptp_find() helper
returns -ENODEV.