Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-46278)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-46278). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/imagination: Fix segfault when updating ftrace mask
Fix invalid data access by passing right data for debugfs entry.
[ 171.549793] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
[ 171.559248] Mem abort info:
[ 171.562173] ESR = 0x0000000096000044
[ 171.566227] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 171.573108] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 171.576448] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 171.579745] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault
[ 171.584760] Data abort info:
[ 171.588012] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000044, ISS2 = 0x00000000
[ 171.593734] CM = 0, WnR = 1, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
[ 171.598962] GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
[ 171.604471] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000083837000
[ 171.611358] [0000000000000000] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000
[ 171.618500] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000044 [#1] SMP
[ 171.624222] Modules linked in: powervr drm_shmem_helper drm_gpuvm...
[ 171.656580] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 549 Comm: bash Not tainted 7.0.0-rc2-g730b257ba723-dirty #13 PREEMPT
[ 171.665773] Hardware name: BeagleBoard.org BeaglePlay (DT)
[ 171.671296] pstate: 20000005 (nzCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[ 171.678306] pc : pvr_fw_trace_mask_set+0x78/0x154 [powervr]
[ 171.683959] lr : pvr_fw_trace_mask_set+0x4c/0x154 [powervr]
[ 171.689593] sp : ffff8000835ebb90
[ 171.692929] x29: ffff8000835ebc00 x28: ffff0…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-46278 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2026-46278" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-46278 (Linux kernel) — CWE-476 / CVSS v3 5.5
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-476) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2026-46278
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46278 linux Fixed in: 7.0.4-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46278 linux
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web github.com