NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-90281
Published: September 18, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU151207
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-2026-90281
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 the Qualcomm SNPS Femto v2 PHY driver's runtime PM callbacks when a runtime suspend callback runs during PHY initialization. A local user can trigger a runtime suspend callback before the PHY instance is ready to cause a denial of service.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-90281
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c5c08c94dd64c05679970d4eed8b06d36a889a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1027b1d4e29756dfbf74ef8743456a1efa3679f0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34293f5a8982a06c40af69c8c7c856b5837ac652
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ddf41938fee3d148a170c31e76b0515a522ef7e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61749681e4a3629ec20b04ba2443b91016af3d2f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82cb1aedf4bdb279cf8853fe8f39bec4e6cffa0a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b85bbec72fa813b60e093c6bb36ae232b9b0eb5e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c271a6926ea7d3c9566b033d63fd4e8c488dc860