CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-53315

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.10%

1th percentile - higher than 1% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability was found in the AMD GPU driver (drm/amd/ras) where the ras_core_get_utc_second_timestamp() function can cause a NULL pointer dereference. The issue occurs when the ras_core pointer is NULL and the function tries to access the dev field in an error message. The patch adds an early NULL check and returns 0 if the pointer is invalid.

Risk Assessment

A NULL pointer dereference can lead to a kernel panic during RAS error handling, causing service disruption and potential data loss.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix (commit addressing the issue). Monitor official security advisories from your Linux distribution.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/ras: Fix NULL deref in ras_core_get_utc_second_timestamp() ras_core_get_utc_second_timestamp() retrieves the current UTC timestamp (in seconds since the Unix epoch) through a platform-specific RAS system callback and is used for timestamping RAS error events. The function checks ras_core in the conditional statement before calling the sys_fn callback. However, when the condition fails, the function prints an error message using ras_core->dev. If ras_core is NULL, this can lead to a potential NULL pointer dereference when accessing ras_core->dev. Add an early NULL check for ras_core at the beginning of the function and return 0 when the pointer is not valid. This prevents the dereference and makes the control flow clearer.

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