CVE-2026-89963

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/kexec_file: Fix null-ptr-def in extra size calculation A static Sashiko AI review identified a potential NULL pointer dereference in kexec_extra_fdt_size_ppc64(). On platforms without any reserved memory regions, get_reserved_memory_ranges() can return 0 while leaving 'rmem' unallocated as NULL. Passing it directly leads to a kernel panic when evaluating 'rmem->nr_ranges'. Add a NULL check for 'rmem' to prevent this crash.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df45337587db21c502fe5251d3bcc7887428f4fb

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/761eda315a6e1fda3e8e2185b28430771fb1ac29

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ff3d9fd71c7bc2fc81afdac1970d9c55a5c0dea

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11ef1c2a5dbe0bd8c1345f59bab7331d352f02cf

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-16

Updated: 2026-09-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.002