CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-89457

Low risk· EPSS 6%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, several s390/dasd sysfs show/store handlers call a discipline callback that dereferences device->private. During dasd_generic_set_online() the discipline is assigned before check_device() allocates device->private, so an unprivileged read of one of these world-readable attributes in that window dereferences a NULL pointer and panics the kernel.

Risk Assessment

An unprivileged local user can trigger a kernel panic (denial of service) by reading sysfs attributes during the critical time window.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version with the fix that guards the device->private dereference inside each callback that actually touches it.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/dasd: Guard sysfs discipline callbacks against unallocated private data Several sysfs show/store handlers call a discipline callback that dereferences device->private, either directly or through the DASD_DEFINE_ATTR() macro. During dasd_generic_set_online() the discipline is assigned before check_device() allocates device->private, so an unprivileged read of one of these world-readable attributes in that window dereferences a NULL pointer and panics. Guard the dereference inside each callback that actually touches device->private.

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