NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-23019
Published: February 2, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU122211
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-23019
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the prestera_devlink_alloc() function in drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/prestera/prestera_devlink.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-23019
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/325aea74be7e192b5c947c782da23b0d19a5fda2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/326a4b7e61d01db3507f71c8bb5e85362f607064
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3950054c9512add0cc79ab7e72b6d2f9f675e25b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a4333b2818f0d853b43e139936c20659366e4a0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94e070cd50790317fba7787ae6006934b7edcb6f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a428e0da1248c353557970848994f35fd3f005e2