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FKIE_CVE-2026-23183

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-02-14 17:15 - Updated: 2026-02-18 17:52

Severity ?

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cgroup/dmem: fix NULL pointer dereference when setting max An issue was triggered: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI CPU: 15 UID: 0 PID: 658 Comm: bash Tainted: 6.19.0-rc6-next-2026012 Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), RIP: 0010:strcmp+0x10/0x30 RSP: 0018:ffffc900017f7dc0 EFLAGS: 00000246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff888107cd4358 RDX: 0000000019f73907 RSI: ffffffff82cc381a RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffff8881016bef0d R08: 000000006c0e7145 R09: 0000000056c0e714 R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffff888107cd4358 R12: 0007ffffffffffff R13: ffff888101399200 R14: ffff888100fcb360 R15: 0007ffffffffffff CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000105c79000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 Call Trace: <TASK> dmemcg_limit_write.constprop.0+0x16d/0x390 ? __pfx_set_resource_max+0x10/0x10 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x14e/0x200 vfs_write+0x367/0x510 ksys_write+0x66/0xe0 do_syscall_64+0x6b/0x390 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e RIP: 0033:0x7f42697e1887 It was trriggered setting max without limitation, the command is like: "echo test/region0 > dmem.max". To fix this issue, add check whether options is valid after parsing the region_name.

References

	URL	Tags
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43151f812886be1855d2cba059f9c93e4729460b
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c13816e8fa23deec6a8d7465d9e637fd02683b5c

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    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncgroup/dmem: fix NULL pointer dereference when setting max\n\nAn issue was triggered:\n\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\n #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n PGD 0 P4D 0\n Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\n CPU: 15 UID: 0 PID: 658 Comm: bash Tainted: 6.19.0-rc6-next-2026012\n Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE\n Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996),\n RIP: 0010:strcmp+0x10/0x30\n RSP: 0018:ffffc900017f7dc0 EFLAGS: 00000246\n RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff888107cd4358\n RDX: 0000000019f73907 RSI: ffffffff82cc381a RDI: 0000000000000000\n RBP: ffff8881016bef0d R08: 000000006c0e7145 R09: 0000000056c0e714\n R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffff888107cd4358 R12: 0007ffffffffffff\n R13: ffff888101399200 R14: ffff888100fcb360 R15: 0007ffffffffffff\n CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000105c79000 CR4: 00000000000006f0\n Call Trace:\n  \u003cTASK\u003e\n  dmemcg_limit_write.constprop.0+0x16d/0x390\n  ? __pfx_set_resource_max+0x10/0x10\n  kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x14e/0x200\n  vfs_write+0x367/0x510\n  ksys_write+0x66/0xe0\n  do_syscall_64+0x6b/0x390\n  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n RIP: 0033:0x7f42697e1887\n\nIt was trriggered setting max without limitation, the command is like:\n\"echo test/region0 \u003e dmem.max\". To fix this issue, add check whether\noptions is valid after parsing the region_name."
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      "lang": "es",
      "value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\ncgroup/dmem: correcci\u00f3n de desreferencia de puntero NULL al establecer el m\u00e1ximo\n\nUn problema se desencaden\u00f3:\n\n BUG: desreferencia de puntero NULL del kernel, direcci\u00f3n: 0000000000000000\n #PF: acceso de lectura de supervisor en modo kernel\n #PF: c\u00f3digo_de_error(0x0000) - p\u00e1gina no presente\n PGD 0 P4D 0\n Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\n CPU: 15 UID: 0 PID: 658 Comm: bash Tainted: 6.19.0-rc6-next-2026012\n Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE\n Nombre del hardware: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996),\n RIP: 0010:strcmp+0x10/0x30\n RSP: 0018:ffffc900017f7dc0 EFLAGS: 00000246\n RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff888107cd4358\n RDX: 0000000019f73907 RSI: ffffffff82cc381a RDI: 0000000000000000\n RBP: ffff8881016bef0d R08: 000000006c0e7145 R09: 0000000056c0e714\n R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffff888107cd4358 R12: 0007ffffffffffff\n R13: ffff888101399200 R14: ffff888100fcb360 R15: 0007ffffffffffff\n CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000105c79000 CR4: 00000000000006f0\n Rastro de Llamada:\n  \n  dmemcg_limit_write.constprop.0+0x16d/0x390\n  ? __pfx_set_resource_max+0x10/0x10\n  kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x14e/0x200\n  vfs_write+0x367/0x510\n  ksys_write+0x66/0xe0\n  do_syscall_64+0x6b/0x390\n  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n RIP: 0033:0x7f42697e1887\n\nSe desencaden\u00f3 al establecer el m\u00e1ximo sin limitaci\u00f3n, el comando es como:\n\"echo test/region0 \u0026gt; dmem.max\". Para solucionar este problema, a\u00f1adir una comprobaci\u00f3n de si las opciones son v\u00e1lidas despu\u00e9s de analizar el region_name."
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2026-23183",
  "lastModified": "2026-02-18T17:52:22.253",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-02-14T17:15:56.067",
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      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
}

CVE-2026-23183 (GCVE-0-2026-23183)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-14 16:27 – Updated: 2026-02-14 16:27

Title

cgroup/dmem: fix NULL pointer dereference when setting max

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

URL

Tags

	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c13816e8fa23deec6…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43151f812886be185…

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Linux

Affected: b168ed458ddecc176f3b9a1f4bcd83d7a4541c14 , < c13816e8fa23deec6a8d7465d9e637fd02683b5c (git)
Affected: b168ed458ddecc176f3b9a1f4bcd83d7a4541c14 , < 43151f812886be1855d2cba059f9c93e4729460b (git)

Linux

Affected: 6.14
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.14 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.10 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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FKIE_CVE-2026-23183

CVE-2026-23183 (GCVE-0-2026-23183)

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