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GHSA-VQQW-285R-PW6X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-03 18:31 – Updated: 2026-04-23 21:31

Details

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

arm_mpam: Fix null pointer dereference when restoring bandwidth counters

When an MSC supporting memory bandwidth monitoring is brought offline and then online, mpam_restore_mbwu_state() calls __ris_msmon_read() via ipi to restore the configuration of the bandwidth counters. It doesn't care about the value read, mbwu_arg.val, and doesn't set it leading to a null pointer dereference when __ris_msmon_read() adds to it. This results in a kernel oops with a call trace such as:

Call trace: __ris_msmon_read+0x19c/0x64c (P) mpam_restore_mbwu_state+0xa0/0xe8 smp_call_on_cpu_callback+0x1c/0x38 process_one_work+0x154/0x4b4 worker_thread+0x188/0x310 kthread+0x11c/0x130 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

Provide a local variable for val to avoid __ris_msmon_read() dereferencing a null pointer when adding to val.

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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  "modified": "2026-04-23T21:31:18Z",
  "published": "2026-04-03T18:31:21Z",
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CVE-2026-23433 (GCVE-0-2026-23433)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-03 15:15 – Updated: 2026-04-13 06:07

Title

arm_mpam: Fix null pointer dereference when restoring bandwidth counters

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm_mpam: Fix null pointer dereference when restoring bandwidth counters When an MSC supporting memory bandwidth monitoring is brought offline and then online, mpam_restore_mbwu_state() calls __ris_msmon_read() via ipi to restore the configuration of the bandwidth counters. It doesn't care about the value read, mbwu_arg.val, and doesn't set it leading to a null pointer dereference when __ris_msmon_read() adds to it. This results in a kernel oops with a call trace such as: Call trace: __ris_msmon_read+0x19c/0x64c (P) mpam_restore_mbwu_state+0xa0/0xe8 smp_call_on_cpu_callback+0x1c/0x38 process_one_work+0x154/0x4b4 worker_thread+0x188/0x310 kthread+0x11c/0x130 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 Provide a local variable for val to avoid __ris_msmon_read() dereferencing a null pointer when adding to val.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

URL

Tags

	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac3e12bc195786d3d…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ad79c874e53ebb7f…

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Version

Linux

Affected: 41e8a14950e1732af51cfec8fa09f8ded02a5ca9 , < ac3e12bc195786d3d44d730b5b2259fd36191848 (git)
Affected: 41e8a14950e1732af51cfec8fa09f8ded02a5ca9 , < 4ad79c874e53ebb7fe3b8ae7ac6c858a2121f415 (git)

Linux

Affected: 6.19
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.19 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.10 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-VQQW-285R-PW6X

CVE-2026-23433 (GCVE-0-2026-23433)

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