NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-80621
Published: August 28, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU146252
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-2026-80621
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference in dwc_pcie_rasdes_debugfs_deinit() when tearing down debugfs state for a controller without RAS DES capability. A local user can trigger the affected code path to cause a denial of service.
The issue occurs when RAS DES initialization leaves rasdes_info unset because no RAS DES state is allocated.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-80621
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3