GHSA-7RQX-8X9Q-HJ6W
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-15 06:32In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/xe/pt: Fix NULL pointer dereference in xe_pt_zap_ptes_entry()
The page-table walk framework may pass a NULL child pointer for unpopulated entries. xe_pt_zap_ptes_entry() called container_of(child) before checking for NULL, then dereferenced the result, causing a crash.
Move the container_of() call after a NULL guard, so the function returns early instead of proceeding with an invalid pointer. XE_WARN_ON is kept to help root cause the issue, but we now bail instead of crashing the driver.
v2: Comment that triggering XE_WARN_ON is unexpected behavior (Matt Brost)
(cherry picked from commit b9297d19d9df5d4b6c994648570c5dcd1cac68ff)
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-72362"
],
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-08-15T06:22:09Z",
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/xe/pt: Fix NULL pointer dereference in xe_pt_zap_ptes_entry()\n\nThe page-table walk framework may pass a NULL *child pointer for\nunpopulated entries. xe_pt_zap_ptes_entry() called container_of(*child)\nbefore checking for NULL, then dereferenced the result, causing a crash.\n\nMove the container_of() call after a NULL guard, so the function returns\nearly instead of proceeding with an invalid pointer. XE_WARN_ON is kept\nto help root cause the issue, but we now bail instead of crashing the\ndriver.\n\nv2: Comment that triggering XE_WARN_ON is unexpected behavior (Matt Brost)\n\n(cherry picked from commit b9297d19d9df5d4b6c994648570c5dcd1cac68ff)",
"id": "GHSA-7rqx-8x9q-hj6w",
"modified": "2026-08-15T06:32:21Z",
"published": "2026-08-15T06:32:21Z",
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72362"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3feeb667197bd58a17f4edfdbcad249ffcb3c864"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78b1074966d290d4517f42bc81e13c4349368d12"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d94b9922b2ae5ee6e900f8da0bd537b251c6110c"
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