PT-2026-94968 · Linux · Linux Kernel
CVE-2026-93172
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Published
2026-09-17
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Updated
2026-09-28
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Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
An issue exists in the
free area init core hotplug function where a failed allocation check for pgdat->per cpu nodestats is missing. This leads to a NULL dereference when offsetting into the per-cpu area. The failure occurs within hotadd init pgdat(), which returns NULL on failure, subsequently mapped to -ENOMEM by try online node().Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
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Affected Products
Linux Kernel