CVE-2026-43272
ring-buffer: Fix possible dereference of uninitialized pointer
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ring-buffer: Fix possible dereference of uninitialized pointer There is a pointer head_page in rb_meta_validate_events() which is not initialized at the beginning of a function. This pointer can be dereferenced if there is a failure during reader page validation. In this case the control is passed to "invalid" label where the pointer is dereferenced in a loop. To fix the issue initialize orig_head and head_page before calling rb_validate_buffer. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | May 6, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
5f3b6e839f3ceb8d6ef02231ba9b5aca71b8bf55 < bc77986f3cb7476637052edf2d87137fa39f153d 5f3b6e839f3ceb8d6ef02231ba9b5aca71b8bf55 < d9942396845fef2369478c157b26738fe07142f6 5f3b6e839f3ceb8d6ef02231ba9b5aca71b8bf55 < f1547779402c4cd67755c33616b7203baa88420b
Linux / Linux
6.12