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CVE-2026-93261

locking/lockdep: Fix NULL pointer dereference in __lock_set_class()

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: locking/lockdep: Fix NULL pointer dereference in __lock_set_class() register_lock_class() can return NULL when the lock class pool is exhausted, graph_lock() fails, or key validation fails. However, __lock_set_class() uses the return value directly in pointer arithmetic without a NULL check: class = register_lock_class(lock, subclass, 0); hlock->class_idx = class - lock_classes; If class is NULL, this computes a wild offset that corrupts hlock->class_idx. The subsequent reacquire_held_locks() call will invoke hlock_class() with this corrupted index, leading to a NULL or out-of-bounds pointer dereference. Add the missing NULL check, consistent with how __lock_acquire() already handles this case at the same call site.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 64aa348edc617dea17bbd01ddee4e47886d5ec8c to < f6093ff67ea6e347574819ed23e96e0f82a25ffcaffected
  • 64aa348edc617dea17bbd01ddee4e47886d5ec8c to < 59a5c7dd331a3dab48100e1ef8e9bb4f9132a2b2affected
  • 64aa348edc617dea17bbd01ddee4e47886d5ec8c to < f56e54fd24f05e9de528fcb77f6084f80c8066ceaffected
  • 64aa348edc617dea17bbd01ddee4e47886d5ec8c to < 5c3bff6cf26e6a54fbf8b893a879c32824d2d50daffected
  • 64aa348edc617dea17bbd01ddee4e47886d5ec8c to < b2113dcd8238bf00ce37a34e67b29cf31d32a545affected
  • 64aa348edc617dea17bbd01ddee4e47886d5ec8c to < e7c69c6695d84220847cca62a45e879e71e79e9daffected
  • 64aa348edc617dea17bbd01ddee4e47886d5ec8c to < 9be10f49dfc2e4b472b3a5f346483b67374774b8affected
  • 64aa348edc617dea17bbd01ddee4e47886d5ec8c to < 7577e00b9ab506202b9f1a33de3cc8cc6413a4dbaffected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 2.6.27affected
  • 0 to < 2.6.27unaffected
  • 5.10.270 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.221 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.188 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.157 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.110 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.52 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.2.6 to ≤ 7.2.*unaffected
  • 7.3 to ≤ *unaffected

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