NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [6.15,6.18.53)
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- published11 Oct 2026
- disclosed24 Sept 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 24 Sep 2026
NewCVE-2026-97474 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.18.53 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in the async_handlers_wk process. An attacker can cause a kernel panic and potentially achieve arbitrary kernel read and write by triggering a sequence of firmware errors and reconfiguration failures, leading to dereferencing of a dangling pointer after the associated memory has been freed. This is only exploitable if a BSS connection and a NAN connection are both active and a firmware error occurs during reconfiguration.
Note: The Linux kernel project assigns a CVE to every bug fix it ships, whether or not the bug has been shown to be exploitable. This advisory was generated from that process and has not been individually assessed for exploitability. See the kernel's CVE process documentation: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/cve.rst