CVE-2026-98476 json
s390/cio: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ccw_device_get_util_str()
published 24d ago modified 23d ago also EUVD-2026-103716
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
s390/cio: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ccw_device_get_util_str()
The channel path registry entry associated with a CHPID may be removed while the subchannel's PMCW still references that CHPID. In this case, chpid_to_chp() can return NULL, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.
Add the missing NULL check before dereferencing the returned pointer.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 7.3
- linux Debian 12 6.1.190-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.113-1
- linux Debian 14 7.2.9-1
- linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.113-1~deb12u1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98476
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-202.212
- linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-149.149
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1119.126
- linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1069.74
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1120.130
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1073.81
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98476
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.159.1-1
azure linux advisories AZL-108575
Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d8b21820caed9128945fffcedf03e2a4c21eee2 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fc54e04dad90b15d0430118b3f288a1d64e66c9 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/27e396a89f76f742abdbe9f8c4a58a6e806fdf59 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbf30e661ceb9a52c94c85719716391dcc29142a commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e006ac90a4d331db1dd712b91fec849b45ffc01 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3bbcb32deecc06ebb1762398399b566d5ff2fc9 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/44b16b02608058fc72198ac0205969f0f43065df commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b76268dac968612f7283d59b539036de955b7d9 commit
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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-98476 updated cvss 4.7
kernel: s390/cio: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ccw_device_get_util_str()
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8not affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/9d8b21820caed9128945fffcedf03e2a4c21eee2
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/5fc54e04dad90b15d0430118b3f288a1d64e66c9
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/27e396a89f76f742abdbe9f8c4a58a6e806fdf59
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/dbf30e661ceb9a52c94c85719716391dcc29142a
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/5e006ac90a4d331db1dd712b91fec849b45ffc01
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/c3bbcb32deecc06ebb1762398399b566d5ff2fc9
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/44b16b02608058fc72198ac0205969f0f43065df
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/5b76268dac968612f7283d59b539036de955b7d9
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-98476
- NVD CVE-2026-98476
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