CVE-2026-43272

EUVD-2026-27671
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ring-buffer: Fix possible dereference of uninitialized pointer

There is a pointer head_page in rb_meta_validate_events() which is not
initialized at the beginning of a function. This pointer can be dereferenced
if there is a failure during reader page validation. In this case the control
is passed to "invalid" label where the pointer is dereferenced in a loop.

To fix the issue initialize orig_head and head_page before calling
rb_validate_buffer.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 1%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
6.12 ≤
𝑥
< 6.18.16
linuxlinux_kernel
6.19 ≤
𝑥
< 6.19.6
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
6.1.170-3
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.174-1
fixed
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.257-1
fixed
forky
7.0.12-2
fixed
sid
7.0.13-1
fixed
trixie
vulnerable
trixie (security)
vulnerable
Amazon Linux logo
Amazon Linux Releases
Amazon Package
Release
bpftool6.18
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
bpftool6.18-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel-livepatch-6.18.16-18.222
Amazon Linux 2023
1:1.0-0.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-devel
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-headers
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-libbpf
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-libbpf-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-libbpf-devel
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-libbpf-static
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-modules-extra
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-modules-extra-common
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-tools
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-tools-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
kernel6.18-tools-devel
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
perf6.18
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
perf6.18-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
python3-perf6.18
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed
python3-perf6.18-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
1:6.18.16-18.222.amzn2023
fixed