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{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: vc_screen: fix null-ptr-deref in vcs_notifier() during concurrent vcs_write", "id": "2502200", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502200"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-476", "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nvc_screen: fix null-ptr-deref in vcs_notifier() during concurrent vcs_write\nA KASAN null-ptr-deref was observed in vcs_notifier():\nBUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in vcs_notifier+0x98/0x130\nRead of size 2 at addr qmp_cmd_name: qmp_capabilities, arguments: {}\nThe issue is a race condition in vcs_write(). When the console_lock is\ntemporarily dropped (to copy data from userspace), the vc_data pointer\nobtained from vcs_vc() may become stale. After re-acquiring the lock,\nvcs_vc() is called again to re-validate the pointer. If the vc has been\ndeallocated in the meantime, vcs_vc() returns NULL, and the while loop\nbreaks (with written > 0). However, after the loop, vcs_scr_updated(vc)\nis still called with the now-NULL vc pointer, leading to a null pointer\ndereference in the notifier chain (vcs_notifier dereferences param->vc).\nFix this by adding a NULL check for vc before calling vcs_scr_updated().", "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's `vc_screen` module. A race condition in the `vcs_write()` function can lead to a null pointer dereference. This occurs when the `vc_data` pointer becomes stale during concurrent write operations, and a subsequent call attempts to use the now-invalid pointer. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a system crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS)."], "name": "CVE-2026-53385", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2026-07-19T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53385\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53385\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026071934-CVE-2026-53385-95d4@gregkh/T"], "threat_severity": "Low"}

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