mm: shrinker: fix NULL pointer dereference in debugfs (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-64417
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.12 % · percentile 2 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: shrinker: fix NULL pointer dereference in debugfs shrinker_debugfs_add() creates both "count" and "scan" debugfs files unconditionally. That assumes every shrinker implements both count_objects() and scan_objects(), which is not guaranteed. For example, the xen-backend shrinker sets count_objects() but leaves scan_objects() NULL, so writing to its scan file calls through a NULL function pointer and panics the kernel: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 RIP: 0010:0x0 Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0xffffffffffffffd6. Call Trace: <TASK> shrinker_debugfs_scan_write+0x12e/0x270 full_proxy_write+0x5f/0x90 vfs_write+0xde/0x420 ? filp_flush+0x75/0x90 ? filp_close+0x1d/0x30 ? do_dup2+0xb8/0x120 ksys_write+0x68/0xf0 ? filp_flush+0x75/0x90 do_syscall_64+0xb3/0x5b0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e The count path has the same issue in principle if a shrinker omits count_objects(). To fix it, only create "count" and "scan" debugfs files when the corresponding callbacks are present.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected bbf535fd6f06b94b9d07ed6f09397a936d4a58d8 < ebb45c2648b1f60715fd283700f651e05e431231 ; affected bbf535fd6f06b94b9d07ed6f09397a936d4a58d8 < 09d2407985b8ce3e831f9d4310fe7ac06a6b3ae9 ; affected bbf535fd6f06b94b9d07ed6f09397a936d4a58d8 < 36f8534f461222291a74156ab91f3ba9f09b6f93 ; affected bbf535fd6f06b94b9d07ed6f09397a936d4a58d8 < 006467ab932698612398f853344a7405164541f4 ; affected bbf535fd6f06b94b9d07ed6f09397a936d4a58d8 < b9beed2322f3538b0d2d53307062da4102b8d8d8 ; affected bbf535fd6f06b94b9d07ed6f09397a936d4a58d8 < e30453c61e185e914fde83c650e268067b140218
Linux · Linuxaffected 6.0 ; unaffected 0 < 6.0 ; unaffected 6.1.178 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.145 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.96 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.39 ≤ 6.18.*

Sources

SourceLicence
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EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
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