NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64134
Published: July 20, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU138497
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-2026-64134
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 ALSA PCM interleaved_copy() function when handling silencing operations with NULL data. A local user can trigger a crafted PCM data transfer path to cause a denial of service.
The issue is architecture-dependent and was reported to cause failures on RISC-V systems.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-64134
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41a766c647294842c9b17672449f8e011048cba9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9f6768515818d71bdfc20119a81f3332c53b9c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce836587e594af39ff048d9b29dee0f5f10692c9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4d3386b74fba8e01280484b67ee481ece00201e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/feff0251386aa6bb180a0a1cf7c1f91ba868113d