NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-43416

Vulnerability identifier: #VU130768

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-43416

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference in perf_callchain_user_64 when getting a user callchain while current->mm has already been released. A local user can run a profiling BPF program to cause a denial of service.

The issue can lead to a kernel panic during stack trace collection.

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Public Cloud Module
Legacy Module
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
openEuler
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_328-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_21-debugsource
kernel-default-man
kernel-default
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-kgraft
kernel-syms
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
kernel-source
kernel-devel
kernel-macros
ocfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-base
kernel-default-devel
cluster-md-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-docs
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump
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kernel-obs-build-debugsource
reiserfs-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-azure
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kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
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kernel-default-extra
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kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
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Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_328-default - update to 1-8.5.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_21-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-default-man - update to 4.12.14-122.328.1
kernel-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-kgraft-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.328.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-kgraft - update to 4.12.14-122.328.1
kernel-syms - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-base-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.328.1
kernel-source - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-macros - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-base - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1.150700.17.45.1
kernel-default-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
gfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
dlm-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.13.151, 6.6.0-145.3.13.143
kernel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.13.151, 6.6.0-145.3.13.143
bpftool - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.13.151, 6.6.0-145.3.13.143
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.13.151, 6.6.0-145.3.13.143
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.13.151, 6.6.0-145.3.13.143
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.13.151, 6.6.0-145.3.13.143
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.13.151, 6.6.0-145.3.13.143
kernel-source - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.13.151, 6.6.0-145.3.13.143
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.13.151, 6.6.0-145.3.13.143
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.13.151, 6.6.0-145.3.13.143
perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.13.151, 6.6.0-145.3.13.143
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.13.151, 6.6.0-145.3.13.143
python3-perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.13.151, 6.6.0-145.3.13.143
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.13.151, 6.6.0-145.3.13.143
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.13.139, 6.6.0-145.1.13.151, 6.6.0-145.3.13.143
kernel-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-145.3.13.143

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e5f60b8cfc02a2b23a40a5f5fd2fa81d010e737
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98074e16742ae87fb82e234b419783c5ffc9baea
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9bbfb4bfa86c6b5515b868d6982ac60505d7e39

• NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel powerpc perf
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP3 update for kernel
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP1 update for kernel
• openEuler 24.03 LTS update for kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel