NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-93093
Published: September 18, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU150916
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-2026-93093
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 race condition in the ARM SCMI mailbox and SMC transport setup routines when a pending or spurious callback occurs before channel state is fully initialized. A local user can trigger an early transport callback to cause a denial of service.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-93093
Install security update from vendor's repository.