CVE-2026-23467 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 94.12%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedApr 3
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/i915/dmc: Fix an unlikely NULL pointer deference at probe
intel_dmc_update_dc6_allowed_count() oopses when DMC hasn't been
initialized, and dmc is thus NULL.
That would be the case when the call path is
intel_power_domains_init_hw() -> {skl,bxt,icl}_display_core_init() ->
gen9_set_dc_state() -> intel_dmc_update_dc6_allowed_count(), as
intel_power_domains_init_hw() is called *before* intel_dmc_init().
However, gen9_set_dc…
Affected Packages2 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux88c1f9a4d36de61f87cc52aac670020b13d1ccaa — 0b35d11fbbcfd1079c8489282a341944228835e3+3
🔴Vulnerability Details
3OSV▶
CVE-2026-23467: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915/dmc: Fix an unlikely NULL pointer deference at probe intel_dmc_update_dc6↗2026-04-03
GHSA▶
GHSA-2qjv-hmp6-mh5w: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/i915/dmc: Fix an unlikely NULL pointer deference at probe
intel_dmc_update_d↗2026-04-03