PT-2026-72550
CVE-2026-72362
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Published
2026-08-15
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Updated
2026-11-03
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Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A NULL pointer dereference exists in the
xe pt zap ptes entry() function. The page-table walk framework may pass a NULL *child pointer for unpopulated entries. The function calls container of(*child) before verifying if the pointer is NULL and subsequently dereferences the result, which leads to a system crash.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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