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CVE-2026-23123

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CVSS
4.4 Medium
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
EPSS
0.12%
Risk score
0.9
Published
2026-02-14
Status
Published

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: interconnect: debugfs: initialize src_node and dst_node to empty strings The debugfs_create_str() API assumes that the string pointer is either NULL or points to valid kmalloc() memory. Leaving the pointer uninitialized can cause problems. Initialize src_node and dst_node to empty strings before creating the debugfs entries to guarantee that reads and writes are safe. A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's interconnect debugfs test client. This vulnerability arises from the use of uninitialized pointers when handling debugfs entries. A local user with sufficient privileges could exploit this by accessing these debugfs entries. Successful exploitation could lead to a kernel crash, causing a local denial of service (DoS). There is also a theoretical risk of memory corruption.

Weaknesses

CWE-457

Coverage 3

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