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CVE-2026-80730 (GCVE-0-2026-80730)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-03 08:21 – Updated: 2026-09-03 08:21

Title

ring-buffer: Fix crash passing ERR_PTR to kthread_stop()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ring-buffer: Fix crash passing ERR_PTR to kthread_stop() In test_ringbuffer()'s out_free cleanup loop, the check `!rb_threads[cpu]` only catches NULL entries and misses entries that hold an ERR_PTR. rb_threads[] is static, so unassigned slots are NULL. But when kthread_run_on_cpu() fails for a cpu, it stores ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) (or -EINTR) in rb_threads[cpu] before the creation loop jumps to out_free. That entry is non-NULL, so the old `!ptr` check does not break, and the cleanup proceeds to call kthread_stop() on the ERR_PTR. kthread_stop() then dereferences the bogus pointer, crashing the kernel during the late_initcall self-test. crash logs: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000001c Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP NOPTI CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 7.2.0-rc6-dirty #7 PREEMPT(lazy) RIP: 0010:kthread_stop+0x2e/0x220 RBX: fffffffffffffff4 CR2: 000000000000001c Call Trace: <TASK> test_ringbuffer+0x1ec/0x650 do_one_initcall+0x6c/0x2c0 kernel_init_freeable+0x21d/0x420 kernel_init+0x15/0x1c0 ret_from_fork+0x21b/0x320 </TASK> Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51d78fad30dd9ae45…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93e7044b548a72022…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8532983c312e8b875…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dd7a06894d6d3dc8…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ea2fd344d93e3cf9…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91542863abade2fd4…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Linux	Linux	Affected: 64ed3a049e3e81b801e7c5bb052416152443f585 , < 51d78fad30dd9ae45721224103662bdbcf210096 (git) Affected: 64ed3a049e3e81b801e7c5bb052416152443f585 , < 93e7044b548a72022208595d2c1b188bb225ce83 (git) Affected: 64ed3a049e3e81b801e7c5bb052416152443f585 , < 8532983c312e8b875d7c9e440f8ee4674ea4b711 (git) Affected: 64ed3a049e3e81b801e7c5bb052416152443f585 , < 6dd7a06894d6d3dc84319bd0b7d1a7c27df9d902 (git) Affected: 64ed3a049e3e81b801e7c5bb052416152443f585 , < 3ea2fd344d93e3cf9503739b09fd702c0d8f8f0b (git) Affected: 64ed3a049e3e81b801e7c5bb052416152443f585 , < 91542863abade2fd4f2b361991f5386ad9d19c8c (git)	guessed
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.17 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.17 (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.183 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.152 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.104 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.45 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.9 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)	guessed

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FKIE_CVE-2026-80730

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-03 13:06 - Updated: 2026-09-03 13:06

Severity

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
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	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51d78fad30dd9ae45721224103662bdbcf210096
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dd7a06894d6d3dc84319bd0b7d1a7c27df9d902
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8532983c312e8b875d7c9e440f8ee4674ea4b711
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91542863abade2fd4f2b361991f5386ad9d19c8c
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93e7044b548a72022208595d2c1b188bb225ce83

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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  "id": "CVE-2026-80730",
  "lastModified": "2026-09-03T13:06:11.550",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-09-03T13:06:11.550",
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GHSA-P8F7-PQWJ-R94V

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-03 15:32 – Updated: 2026-09-03 15:32

Details

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

ring-buffer: Fix crash passing ERR_PTR to kthread_stop()

In test_ringbuffer()'s out_free cleanup loop, the check !rb_threads[cpu] only catches NULL entries and misses entries that hold an ERR_PTR.

rb_threads[] is static, so unassigned slots are NULL. But when kthread_run_on_cpu() fails for a cpu, it stores ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) (or -EINTR) in rb_threads[cpu] before the creation loop jumps to out_free. That entry is non-NULL, so the old !ptr check does not break, and the cleanup proceeds to call kthread_stop() on the ERR_PTR. kthread_stop() then dereferences the bogus pointer, crashing the kernel during the late_initcall self-test.

crash logs: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000001c Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP NOPTI CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 7.2.0-rc6-dirty #7 PREEMPT(lazy) RIP: 0010:kthread_stop+0x2e/0x220 RBX: fffffffffffffff4 CR2: 000000000000001c Call Trace: test_ringbuffer+0x1ec/0x650 do_one_initcall+0x6c/0x2c0 kernel_init_freeable+0x21d/0x420 kernel_init+0x15/0x1c0 ret_from_fork+0x21b/0x320 Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception

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  "aliases": [
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