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Linux Kernel CVE-2026-43356

| EUVD-2026-28662 MEDIUM
NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
2026-05-08 Linux GHSA-6g6f-cc29-q2wg
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

4
Analysis Generated
May 15, 2026 - 16:07 vuln.today
CVSS changed
May 15, 2026 - 16:07 NVD
5.5 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
May 08, 2026 - 16:18 EUVD
CVE Published
May 08, 2026 - 14:21 nvd
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionNVD

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

iio: imu: adis: Fix NULL pointer dereference in adis_init

The adis_init() function dereferences adis->ops to check if the individual function pointers (write, read, reset) are NULL, but does not first check if adis->ops itself is NULL.

Drivers like adis16480, adis16490, adis16545 and others do not set custom ops and rely on adis_init() assigning the defaults. Since struct adis is zero-initialized by devm_iio_device_alloc(), adis->ops is NULL when adis_init() is called, causing a NULL pointer dereference:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000 pc : adis_init+0xc0/0x118 Call trace: adis_init+0xc0/0x118 adis16480_probe+0xe0/0x670

Fix this by checking if adis->ops is NULL before dereferencing it, falling through to assign the default ops in that case.

AnalysisAI

A NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's adis_init() function causes kernel crashes when initializing ADIS IMU drivers (adis16480, adis16490, adis16545). The function attempts to dereference adis->ops without first verifying it is non-NULL, triggering denial of service on affected systems during device probe. …

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CVE-2026-43356 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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