CVE-2026-33179 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Project Libfuse
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 20
Description
libfuse is the reference implementation of the Linux FUSE. From version 3.18.0 to before version 3.18.2, a NULL pointer dereference and memory leak in fuse_uring_init_queue allows a local user to crash the FUSE daemon or cause resource exhaustion. When numa_alloc_local fails during io_uring queue entry setup, the code proceeds with NULL pointers. When fuse_uring_register_queue fails, NUMA allocations are leaked and the function incorrectly returns success. Only the io_uring transport is affected…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6