NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-89912

Vulnerability identifier: #VU150369

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-2026-89912

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to a null pointer dereference in vgic_its_save_ite() in the KVM arm64 vgic-its component when saving ITS tables during virtual machine migration after processing MAPD, MAPTI, and MAPC with V=0 commands. A remote attacker can issue MAPD, MAPTI, and MAPC commands with V=0 in a guest to cause a denial of service.

The command sequence is architecturally unpredictable.

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 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
SUSE Real Time Module
Basesystem Module
openEuler
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_21-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_78-rt
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_78-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_84-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_22-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_84-default
python3-perf-debuginfo
kernel
bpftool
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-devel
kernel-headers
kernel-source
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
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kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-rt
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
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kernel-zfcpdump
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kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default
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ocfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
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kernel-azure-debugsource
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kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
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kernel-obs-build
kernel-64kb
kernel-docs
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-default-base
linux (Debian package)

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kernel-default-base - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1.150700.17.47.1
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.113-1

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36df368861d2664291298feeb37dfef43fcae670
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d4c26b16a04a084fe0bde08ccdd8086570f8bbe
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6c156d931c33b92362383cf76f6d6e1291dcbfe

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