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CVE-2026-31753

MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVSS Score & Metrics

Base Score
5.5 / 10
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Description

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

auxdisplay: line-display: fix NULL dereference in linedisp_release

linedisp_release() currently retrieves the enclosing struct linedisp via
to_linedisp(). That lookup depends on the attachment list, but the
attachment may already have been removed before put_device() invokes the
release callback. This can happen in linedisp_unregister(), and can also
be reached from some linedisp_register() error paths.

In that case, to_linedisp() returns NULL and linedisp_release()
dereferences it while freeing the display resources.

The struct device released here is the embedded linedisp->dev used by
linedisp_register(), so retrieve the enclosing object directly with
container_of() instead.

Vulnerability Details

Published Date
Last Modified
CWE ID
CWE-476
Source
NVD
Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux

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