CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-68225

Low risk· EPSS 11%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.21%

11th percentile - higher than 11% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the i2c alvium driver fixed a critical pointer access issue in alvium_ctrl_init. The function created several controls and used the returned pointer without checking, which could lead to write access over NULL pointer. The fix adds pointer checks before adding flags.

Risk Assessment

Write access over NULL pointer can lead to system crash or security compromise, including potential code execution.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for CVE-2026-68225.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: i2c: alvium: fix critical pointer access in alvium_ctrl_init The current implementation of alvium_ctrl_init creates several controls in function alvium_ctrl_init and uses the returned pointer without check. That can cause write access over NULL-pointer for several controls. The reworked code checks the pointers before adding flags.

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