CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-97446

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

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

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

Summary

In the Linux kernel, ACPICA's acpi_ns_custom_package() unconditionally dereferences the first element of the _BIX package without a NULL check. When firmware returns a _BIX package with an unresolvable reference, ACPICA evaluates it to NULL, causing a crash.

Risk Assessment

This can cause a kernel crash (denial of service) when processing ACPI data from firmware.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the ACPICA fix that adds a NULL check for the first element of the _BIX package.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPICA: Fix NULL pointer dereference in acpi_ns_custom_package() acpi_ns_custom_package() unconditionally dereferences the first element of the package to read the _BIX version number, without checking for NULL: if ((*Elements)->Common.Type != ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER) When firmware returns a _BIX package whose first element is an unresolvable reference, ACPICA evaluates that entry to NULL. acpi_ns_remove_null_elements() does not strip NULL entries for ACPI_PTYPE_CUSTOM packages (fixed-position format would break if elements were shifted), so acpi_ns_custom_package() sees the NULL and causes a crash. Add a NULL check for the first element (version field) before dereferencing it. The caller then receives AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE instead of crashing.

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