NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting axboe/fio package, versions [,3.42)
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- published30 Apr 2026
- disclosed16 Apr 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 16 Apr 2026
CVE-2026-30656 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade axboe/fio to version 3.42 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference via the fdp_pli option in job file parsing. An attacker can cause the application to crash by supplying a specially crafted job file that omits the required argument for the fdp_pli option, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.