CVE-2026-53042
fwctl: Fix class init ordering to avoid NULL pointer dereference on device removal
Vexday Risk Score
3Bajo
Decisión SSVC (CISA)
Track
Sin señal de explotación → monitorear
CVSS —EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Ciclo de vida
24 jun 2026Publicada en NVD
Recomendación: Monitorear — sin señal de explotación por ahora.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fwctl: Fix class init ordering to avoid NULL pointer dereference on device removal
CXL is linked before fwctl in drivers/Makefile. Both use `module_init, so
`cxl_pci_driver_init()` runs first. When `cxl_pci_probe()` calls
`fwctl_register()` and then `device_add()`, fwctl_class is not yet
registered because fwctl_init() hasn't run, causing `class_to_subsys()` to
return NULL and skip knode_class initialization.
On device removal, `class_to_subsys()` returns non-NULL, and
`device_del()` calls `klist_del()` on the uninitialized knode, triggering
a NULL pointer dereference.
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