NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53066
Published: June 25, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU135275
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-2026-53066
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 improper handling of error pointers in sun4i_backend_atomic_check() in drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c when processing atomic plane state checks. A local user can trigger an error pointer dereference to cause a denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-53066
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06277983eca4a31d3c2114fa33d99a6e82484b11
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47038159c559824f4dbfb5b0d87b9b3416663372
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/779c2f10743fc021f2f0ebe2b188cadfb973c5e4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf615b90a11a39a28e313be5e508e94bcde72016
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9bef62f1bb9fcb38223730657af20f4c6283c16
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea51fd96aca01381e8f1ac0c671a57b7619193bb