NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-81005
Published: September 12, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU149384
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-81005
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 improper shutdown state management in the IPMI message handler failed-registration rollback path when asynchronous redo_bmc_reg work retries BMC device-ID probing after a failed registration. A local user can cause BMC device-ID retrieval to fail and trigger a NULL pointer dereference to cause a denial of service.
The issue occurs after the lower driver's shutdown callback has cleared the SI state machine data.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-81005
Install security update from vendor's repository.