NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-90148

Vulnerability identifier: #VU151340

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-2026-90148

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to a null pointer dereference in nfs4_add_lease() when a lease request races with a delegation return. A local user can trigger the race condition to cause a denial of service.

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Micro Extras
SUSE Linux Micro
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-64kb
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-obs-build
kernel-syms
kernel-default-devel
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-default
linux (Debian package)

Install security update from vendor's repository.

linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-42.42
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1015.16
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.18
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.17
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1017.17
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1017.17
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-159998.55.1
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.111-1

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/468e458ffde907ba19acd2102ca1fbb8f6fbede2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d148a652d52fd6aee96daf798922eb800ebb3018
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d179ff22cd8514f966966fd9ad425dcbb98e1ada
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff7244faa13b23e9acfad9df0438f0b44b338f62

• NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel nfs
• Debian update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-oem-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp and more
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel