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Linux Kernel CVE-2026-53144

| EUVDEUVD-2026-39235 MEDIUM
NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
2026-06-25 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 GHSA-6wmm-rq3j-5c47
Denial Of Service Linux Null Pointer Dereference Red Hat Suse
5.5
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
vuln.today AI
5.5 MEDIUM

Local /dev/kfd device access required (AV:L), ioctl trivially crafted (AC:L/PR:L), impact is pure kernel panic with no data exposure (A:H/C:N/I:N).

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE
MEDIUM
qualitative
Red Hat
5.5 MEDIUM
qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Generated
Jul 07, 2026 - 16:38 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Jul 07, 2026 - 16:37 NVD
5.5 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Jun 25, 2026 - 10:32 EUVD
CVE Published
Jun 25, 2026 - 09:16 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Jun 25, 2026 - 09:16 nvd
MEDIUM 5.5

DescriptionNVD

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

drm/amdkfd: fix NULL dereference in get_queue_ids()

When usr_queue_id_array is NULL and num_queues is non-zero, get_queue_ids() returns NULL. The callers check only IS_ERR() on the return value; since IS_ERR(NULL) == false the check passes, and suspend_queues() calls q_array_invalidate() which immediately dereferences NULL while iterating num_queues times.

Userspace can trigger this via kfd_ioctl_set_debug_trap() by supplying num_queues > 0 with a zero queue_array_ptr, causing a kernel panic.

A NULL usr_queue_id_array with num_queues == 0 is a legitimate no-op (q_array_invalidate never executes, and resume_queues already guards all queue_ids dereferences behind a NULL check). Return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL) only when num_queues is non-zero and the pointer is absent; both callers already propagate IS_ERR() returns correctly to userspace.

(cherry picked from commit f165a82cdf503884bb1797771c61b2fcc72113d4)

AnalysisAI

NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's drm/amdkfd subsystem allows a local low-privileged user to trigger a kernel panic by invoking the kfd_ioctl_set_debug_trap() ioctl with a non-zero num_queues value and a NULL queue_array_ptr. The root flaw is that get_queue_ids() returns NULL in this case rather than ERR_PTR(-EINVAL), and both callers check only IS_ERR() - since IS_ERR(NULL) evaluates false, execution proceeds to q_array_invalidate(), which immediately dereferences the NULL pointer while iterating, crashing the kernel. No public exploit has been identified and the EPSS score of 0.17% (6th percentile) confirms low observed exploitation probability, though the trigger path is mechanically simple for any user with /dev/kfd access.

Technical ContextAI

The AMD Kernel Fusion Driver (amdkfd) is the Linux kernel component that exposes AMD GPU compute queues to userspace via the DRM subsystem. The vulnerable code path is rooted in CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference): get_queue_ids() was designed to return either a valid pointer or an ERR_PTR, but silently returns NULL when usr_queue_id_array is NULL and num_queues is non-zero. Because IS_ERR(NULL) == false in the Linux kernel error-pointer idiom, callers in suspend_queues() and related paths do not detect the invalid return. The subsequent call to q_array_invalidate() iterates num_queues times over the NULL q_array pointer, dereferencing it immediately and triggering a kernel BUG/panic. The fix, cherry-picked from upstream commit f165a82cdf503884bb1797771c61b2fcc72113d4, converts this invalid path to return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL) so existing IS_ERR() guards propagate the error correctly. Affected CPE: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*.

RemediationAI

The primary remediation is to upgrade the Linux kernel to a version containing the backported fix: 6.6.143, 6.12.94, 6.18.36, 7.0.13, or 7.1 stable, as published at https://git.kernel.org/stable/. Distribution maintainers for Debian, RHEL, Ubuntu, SUSE, and others are expected to incorporate these stable-branch fixes into their kernel update streams. If immediate kernel upgrade is not feasible on AMD GPU compute systems, administrators can restrict access to the /dev/kfd device node using udev rules or file system permissions (e.g., removing world-read/write from the kfd device or limiting access via a dedicated group) to prevent unprivileged users from invoking the vulnerable ioctl. This workaround breaks legitimate GPU compute workloads for restricted users and must be weighed against operational needs. Alternatively, unloading the amdkfd module (rmmod amdkfd) eliminates the attack surface entirely but disables all AMD GPU compute functionality.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Moderate
Product Status
Image SLES15-SP7-Azure-3P Image SLES15-SP7-Azure-Basic Image SLES15-SP7-Azure-Standard Image SLES15-SP7-HPC-Azure Affected
Image SLES15-SP7-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP7-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun Image SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GDC Image SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud Image SLES15-SP7-EC2 Image SLES15-SP7-EC2-ECS-HVM Image SLES15-SP7-GCE Image SLES15-SP7-HPC-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP7-HPC-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP7-HPC-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP7-Hardened-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP7-Hardened-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP7-Hardened-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP7-SAPCAL-Azure Image SLES15-SP7-SAPCAL-EC2 Image SLES15-SP7-SAPCAL-GCE Affected
Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-Azure Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-Azure-3P Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-EC2 Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-GCE Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-Hardened-Azure Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-Hardened-GCE Affected
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