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GHSA-85JQ-W8XM-9RCM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-01 15:30 – Updated: 2026-05-07 21:30

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

PM: EM: Fix NULL pointer dereference when perf domain ID is not found

dev_energymodel_nl_get_perf_domains_doit() calls em_perf_domain_get_by_id() but does not check the return value before passing it to __em_nl_get_pd_size(). When a caller supplies a non-existent perf domain ID, em_perf_domain_get_by_id() returns NULL, and __em_nl_get_pd_size() immediately dereferences pd->cpus (struct offset 0x30), causing a NULL pointer dereference.

The sister handler dev_energymodel_nl_get_perf_table_doit() already handles this correctly via __em_nl_get_pd_table_id(), which returns NULL and causes the caller to return -EINVAL. Add the same NULL check in the get-perf-domains do handler.

[ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2026-31744 (GCVE-0-2026-31744)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-01 14:14 – Updated: 2026-05-11 22:14

Title

PM: EM: Fix NULL pointer dereference when perf domain ID is not found

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PM: EM: Fix NULL pointer dereference when perf domain ID is not found dev_energymodel_nl_get_perf_domains_doit() calls em_perf_domain_get_by_id() but does not check the return value before passing it to __em_nl_get_pd_size(). When a caller supplies a non-existent perf domain ID, em_perf_domain_get_by_id() returns NULL, and __em_nl_get_pd_size() immediately dereferences pd->cpus (struct offset 0x30), causing a NULL pointer dereference. The sister handler dev_energymodel_nl_get_perf_table_doit() already handles this correctly via __em_nl_get_pd_table_id(), which returns NULL and causes the caller to return -EINVAL. Add the same NULL check in the get-perf-domains do handler. [ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab09b9a1e3b02ff62…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9badc2a84e688be12…

Impacted products

2 products

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Linux	Linux	Affected: 380ff27af25e49e2cb2ff8fd0ecd7c95be2976ee , < ab09b9a1e3b02ff62c5aebe3b12b0cb4cb4ea8ab (git) Affected: 380ff27af25e49e2cb2ff8fd0ecd7c95be2976ee , < 9badc2a84e688be1275bb740942d5f6f51746908 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.19 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.19 (semver) Unaffected: 6.19.12 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-85JQ-W8XM-9RCM

CVE-2026-31744 (GCVE-0-2026-31744)

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