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Linux CVE-2026-31753

| EUVD-2026-26566 MEDIUM
NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
2026-05-01 Linux
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
CVSS changed
May 08, 2026 - 19:07 NVD
5.5 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
May 01, 2026 - 16:02 EUVD
Patch released
May 01, 2026 - 15:24 nvd
Patch available
EUVD ID Assigned
May 01, 2026 - 15:00 euvd
EUVD-2026-26566
CVE Published
May 01, 2026 - 14:14 nvd
MEDIUM 5.5
CVE Published
May 01, 2026 - 14:14 nvd
N/A

DescriptionNVD

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

auxdisplay: line-display: fix NULL dereference in linedisp_release

linedisp_release() currently retrieves the enclosing struct linedisp via to_linedisp(). That lookup depends on the attachment list, but the attachment may already have been removed before put_device() invokes the release callback. This can happen in linedisp_unregister(), and can also be reached from some linedisp_register() error paths.

In that case, to_linedisp() returns NULL and linedisp_release() dereferences it while freeing the display resources.

The struct device released here is the embedded linedisp->dev used by linedisp_register(), so retrieve the enclosing object directly with container_of() instead.

Analysis

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: auxdisplay: line-display: fix NULL dereference in linedisp_release linedisp_release() currently retrieves the enclosing struct linedisp via to_linedisp(). That lookup depends on the attachment list, but the attachment may already have been removed before put_device() invokes the release callback. …

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