NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-doc package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-KERNELDOC-17738347
  • published1 Aug 2026
  • disclosed26 Jun 2026

Introduced: 26 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-53316  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 kernel-doc.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-doc package and not the kernel-doc package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amd/ras: Fix NULL deref in ras_core_ras_interrupt_detected()

Fixes a NULL pointer dereference when ras_core is NULL and ras_core->dev is accessed in the error path.

Reported by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>

CVSS Base Scores

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