CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64511

Low risk· EPSS 5%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the ACPI NFIT driver has a potential NULL pointer dereference. Installing a notify handler before checking the NFIT table presence can lead to acpi_nfit_uc_error_notify() being called without an allocated acpi_desc object.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves potential kernel panic or system crash if a UC memory error notification occurs on the NFIT device before full initialization.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that adds a NULL check for acpi_desc in acpi_nfit_uc_error_notify().

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: NFIT: core: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference After commit 9b311b7313d6 ("ACPI: NFIT: Install Notify() handler before getting NFIT table"), acpi_nfit_probe() installs an ACPI notify handler for the NFIT device before checking the presence of the NFIT table. If that table is not there, 0 is returned without allocating the acpi_desc object and setting the driver data pointer of the NFIT device. If the platform firmware triggers an NFIT_NOTIFY_UC_MEMORY_ERROR notification on the NFIT device at that point, acpi_nfit_uc_error_notify() will dereference a NULL pointer. Prevent that from occurring by adding an acpi_desc check against NULL to acpi_nfit_uc_error_notify().

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