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Linux EUVD-2026-12854

| CVE-2026-23250 MEDIUM
NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
2026-03-18 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

5
CVSS changed
May 21, 2026 - 18:37 NVD
5.5 (MEDIUM)
Patch released
Mar 31, 2026 - 21:13 nvd
Patch available
EUVD ID Assigned
Mar 18, 2026 - 17:30 euvd
EUVD-2026-12854
Analysis Generated
Mar 18, 2026 - 17:30 vuln.today
CVE Published
Mar 18, 2026 - 17:01 nvd
N/A

DescriptionNVD

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

xfs: check return value of xchk_scrub_create_subord

Fix this function to return NULL instead of a mangled ENOMEM, then fix the callers to actually check for a null pointer and return ENOMEM. Most of the corrections here are for code merged between 6.2 and 6.10.

AnalysisAI

A null pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the XFS filesystem checker (xchk_scrub_create_subord) in the Linux kernel, where the function returns a mangled ENOMEM error instead of NULL, and callers fail to properly validate the return value. This affects Linux kernel versions 6.2 through 6.10 and later stable branches, potentially allowing a local attacker with filesystem access to trigger a denial of service condition through unhandled memory allocation failures during XFS filesystem integrity checks.

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Vendor StatusVendor

Debian

linux
Release Status Fixed Version Urgency
bullseye not-affected - -
bullseye (security) fixed 5.10.251-1 -
bookworm not-affected - -
bookworm (security) fixed 6.1.164-1 -
trixie vulnerable 6.12.73-1 -
trixie (security) vulnerable 6.12.74-2 -
forky fixed 6.19.6-2 -
sid fixed 6.19.8-1 -
(unstable) fixed 6.19.6-1 -

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EUVD-2026-12854 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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