SB20260815259 - NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel sunrpc xprtrdma

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SB20260815259 - NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel sunrpc xprtrdma

Published: August 15, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB20260815259
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-72467)

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSSv4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to a null pointer dereference in rpcrdma_encode_write_list() when processing an NFS/RDMA read with a non-4-byte-aligned receive page length after a connection succeeds with a NULL write-pad memory region. A local user can trigger a connection or reconnection that hits a local memory region allocation, DMA-map, memory region map, or post-send failure to cause a denial of service.

A remote peer alone cannot force the local memory region setup failure required for exploitation.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References