NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-23309
Published: March 25, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU124558
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-2026-23309
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 cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference in the tracing subsystem when handling error conditions during trigger data allocation. A local user can trigger a malformed trace event configuration to cause a denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-23309
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13dcd9269e225e4c4ceabdaeebe2ce4661b54c6e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ce8ece5a78da67834db7728edc801889a64f643
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42b380f97d65e76e7b310facd525f730272daf57
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/457965c13f0837a289c9164b842d0860133f6274
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/477469223b2b840f436ce204333de87cb17e5d93
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59c15b9cc453b74beb9f04c6c398717e73612dc3