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CVE-2026-23002
published 2026-01-25

CVE-2026-23002: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lib/buildid: use __kernel_read() for sleepable context Prevent a "BUG: unable to handle…

PriorityP421medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.15%
4.7th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lib/buildid: use __kernel_read() for sleepable context Prevent a "BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in filemap_read_folio". For the sleepable context, convert freader to use __kernel_read() instead of direct page cache access via read_cache_folio(). This simplifies the faultable code path by using the standard kernel file reading interface which handles all the complexity of reading file data. At the moment we are not changing the code for non-sleepable context which uses filemap_get_folio() and only succeeds if the target folios are already in memory and up-to-date. The reason is to keep the patch simple and easier to backport to stable kernels. Syzbot repro does not crash the kernel anymore and the selftests run successfully. In the follow up we will make __kernel_read() with IOCB_NOWAIT work for non-sleepable contexts. In addition, I would like to replace the secretmem check with a more generic approach and will add fstest for the buildid code.

Affected

19 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.18.8-1 (forky)linux 6.18.8-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= ad41251c290dfe3c01472c94d2439a59de23fe97 < b11dfb7708f212b96c7973a474014c071aa02e05b11dfb7708f212b96c7973a474014c071aa02e05
linuxlinux>= ad41251c290dfe3c01472c94d2439a59de23fe97 < 568aeb3476c770a3863c755dd2a199c212434286568aeb3476c770a3863c755dd2a199c212434286
linuxlinux>= ad41251c290dfe3c01472c94d2439a59de23fe97 < 777a8560fd29738350c5094d4166fe5499452409777a8560fd29738350c5094d4166fe5499452409
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.69-16.12.69-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.18.8-16.18.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.12.0 < 6.12.676.12.67
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.12.1 < 6.12.676.12.67
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.18.76.18.7
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13.0 < 6.18.76.18.7
ubuntulinux-azure-6.17
ubuntulinux-azure-fde-6.17
ubuntulinux-gcp-6.17
ubuntulinux-oem-6.17
ubuntulinux-oracle-6.17
ubuntulinux-realtime-6.17

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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