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FKIE_CVE-2026-72362

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-15 06:22 - Updated: 2026-08-17 06:18
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe/pt: Fix NULL pointer dereference in xe_pt_zap_ptes_entry() The page-table walk framework may pass a NULL *child pointer for unpopulated entries. xe_pt_zap_ptes_entry() called container_of(*child) before checking for NULL, then dereferenced the result, causing a crash. Move the container_of() call after a NULL guard, so the function returns early instead of proceeding with an invalid pointer. XE_WARN_ON is kept to help root cause the issue, but we now bail instead of crashing the driver. v2: Comment that triggering XE_WARN_ON is unexpected behavior (Matt Brost) (cherry picked from commit b9297d19d9df5d4b6c994648570c5dcd1cac68ff)
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3feeb667197bd58a17f4edfdbcad249ffcb3c864
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78b1074966d290d4517f42bc81e13c4349368d12
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d94b9922b2ae5ee6e900f8da0bd537b251c6110c
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff330ce16c846b70164ff0eb544c81219d4c5c08
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  "descriptions": [
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/xe/pt: Fix NULL pointer dereference in xe_pt_zap_ptes_entry()\n\nThe page-table walk framework may pass a NULL *child pointer for\nunpopulated entries. xe_pt_zap_ptes_entry() called container_of(*child)\nbefore checking for NULL, then dereferenced the result, causing a crash.\n\nMove the container_of() call after a NULL guard, so the function returns\nearly instead of proceeding with an invalid pointer. XE_WARN_ON is kept\nto help root cause the issue, but we now bail instead of crashing the\ndriver.\n\nv2: Comment that triggering XE_WARN_ON is unexpected behavior (Matt Brost)\n\n(cherry picked from commit b9297d19d9df5d4b6c994648570c5dcd1cac68ff)"
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  "id": "CVE-2026-72362",
  "lastModified": "2026-08-17T06:18:40.400",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-08-15T06:22:09.627",
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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Received"
}



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