NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-98876

Vulnerability identifier: #VU157626

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-2026-98876

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to potentially cause a denial of service by triggering a kernel NULL pointer dereference.

The vulnerability exists due to a missing NULL pointer check in host1x_device_init() in the Linux kernel host1x bus component when handling initialization error teardown for a client whose operations pointer is NULL. A local user can trigger the affected teardown paths to cause a NULL pointer dereference that may crash the kernel.

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1070.72
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1059.59
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1070.72~20.04.1
linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-42.42
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.18
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1015.16
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

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29375e071ea201fe97bafe1d2ad9d9f30311abfb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62851e7b0e55de6fe08da08bc41fd587fbcb0e9b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71d25f668bc5c0f36ea843462e12307dea45aaa3
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74bd1f05d9ba2d6672d30ccafe80a38104c1f73f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8d5b6e02fc281dea33d6b0b0fadaccea56f2067
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1fa6c936fa9de80ae446ba5e76e227e991b8e56

• NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel gpu host1x driver
• Ubuntu update for linux-oem-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp and more
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-tegra, linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15, linux-nvidia-tegra-igx
• Ubuntu update for linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.15 and more