Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-98523)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-98523). 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/client: fix restore of partially initialized client
I got a null-ptr-deref report when closing a DRM file descriptor:
WARNING: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c:2031 at
__drm_atomic_helper_set_config+0x18e/0x1b0 [drm]
Call Trace:
drm_client_modeset_commit_atomic+0x16b/0x220 [drm]
drm_client_modeset_commit_locked+0x56/0x160 [drm]
drm_client_modeset_commit+0x21/0x40 [drm]
__drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked.part.0+0x7b/0x80
drm_fbdev_client_restore+0xe/0x20 [drm_client_lib]
drm_client_dev_restore+0x9f/0xc0 [drm]
drm_release+0xc5/0xe0 [drm]
The warning is followed by a NULL pointer dereference:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008
RIP:
__drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked.part.0+0x41/0x80
[drm_kms_helper]
Call Trace:
drm_fbdev_client_restore+0xe/0x20 [drm_client_lib]
drm_client_dev_restore+0x9f/0xc0 [drm]
drm_release+0xc5/0xe0 [drm]
__fput+0xdc/0x2b0
__x64_sys_close+0x39/0x80
do_syscall_64+0x8d/0x460
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
drm_client_register() adds the DRM client to the device client list
before invoking the initial hotplug callback. If the hotplug callback
fails, the client remains registered.
For the fbdev client, a failure during drm_fb_helper_initial_config()
causes the partially initialized fbdev helper to be cleaned up.
drm_fb_helper_fini() releases fb_helper->info and leaves it NULL.
The fbdev client therefore remains registered even t…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-98523 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2026-98523" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-98523 (Linux kernel)
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 (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: ?. 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。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98523 linux Fixed in: 6.12.113-1
References
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com