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Linux Kernel CVE-2026-31422

| EUVD-2026-21946 MEDIUM
NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
2026-04-13 Linux GHSA-6pmm-j8mh-qwgf
5.5
CVSS 3.1
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CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

6
Analysis Generated
May 20, 2026 - 18:23 vuln.today
CVSS changed
May 20, 2026 - 18:22 NVD
5.5 (MEDIUM)
Patch released
Apr 18, 2026 - 09:16 nvd
Patch available
Patch available
Apr 16, 2026 - 05:29 EUVD
4a09f72007201c9f667dc47f64517ec23eea65e5,415ea0c973c754b9f375225807810eb9045f4293,1a280dd4bd1d616a01d6ffe0de284c907b555504
EUVD ID Assigned
Apr 13, 2026 - 13:45 euvd
EUVD-2026-21946
CVE Published
Apr 13, 2026 - 13:40 nvd
N/A

DescriptionNVD

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

net/sched: cls_flow: fix NULL pointer dereference on shared blocks

flow_change() calls tcf_block_q() and dereferences q->handle to derive a default baseclass. Shared blocks leave block->q NULL, causing a NULL deref when a flow filter without a fully qualified baseclass is created on a shared block.

Check tcf_block_shared() before accessing block->q and return -EINVAL for shared blocks. This avoids the null-deref shown below:

=============== KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000038-0x000000000000003f] RIP: 0010:flow_change (net/sched/cls_flow.c:508) Call Trace: tc_new_tfilter (net/sched/cls_api.c:2432) rtnetlink_rcv_msg (net/core/rtnetlink.c:6980) [...] ===============

AnalysisAI

NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's net/sched cls_flow traffic classifier allows a local low-privileged attacker to crash the kernel (denial of service) by creating a flow filter on a shared traffic control block without a fully qualified baseclass. The crash occurs in flow_change() at net/sched/cls_flow.c:508, confirmed by a KASAN trace showing null-ptr-deref when block->q is dereferenced on a shared block where it is intentionally NULL. …

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