Expired Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-abi-stablelists package, versions <0:4.18.0-372.213.1.el8_6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELABISTABLELISTS-19730753
  • published13 Sept 2026
  • disclosed27 Jul 2026

Introduced: 27 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-17523  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-825  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-abi-stablelists to version 0:4.18.0-372.213.1.el8_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2026:65711.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-abi-stablelists package and not the kernel-abi-stablelists package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

can: bcm: switch timer to HRTIMER_MODE_SOFT and remove hrtimer_tasklet

This patch switches the timer to HRTIMER_MODE_SOFT, which executed the timer callback in softirq context and removes the hrtimer_tasklet.

CVSS Base Scores

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