staging: greybus: lights: avoid NULL deref
Priority LOW 24CWE-476Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-476.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: greybus: lights: avoid NULL deref gb_lights_light_config() stores channel_count before allocating the channels array. If kcalloc() fails, gb_lights_release() iterates the non-zero count and dereferences light->channels, which is NULL. Allocate channels first and only then publish channels_count so the cleanup path can't walk a NULL pointer.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00123 2nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 5.10.252, 5.15.202, 6.1.165 +5
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 4.9 and later | 5.10.252, 5.15.202, 6.1.165, 6.6.128, 6.12.75, 6.18.14, 6.19.4, 7.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 4.9 and later Fixed in 5.10.252, 5.15.202, 6.1.165, 6.6.128, 6.12.75, 6.18.14, 6.19.4, 7.0 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.9 to before 5.10.252; 5.11 to before 5.15.202; 5.16 to before 6.1.165; 6.2 to before 6.6.128; 6.7 to before 6.12.75; 6.13 to before 6.18.14; 6.19 to before 6.19.4 | Vulnerable | Linux |
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.9 to before 5.10.252; 5.11 to before 5.15.202; 5.16 to before 6.1.165; 6.2 to before 6.6.128; 6.7 to before 6.12.75; 6.13 to before 6.18.14; 6.19 to before 6.19.4 Vulnerable ·Linux
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.252, 5.15.202, 6.1.165, 6.6.128, 6.12.75, 6.18.14, 6.19.4, 7.0
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-45978
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wq92-r227-xxxp
References
Patch 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a118724d7641b832fa14323e2733e28ae4834552
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cbe694d235d96f628ec7dc6ae4d8bdddb768699
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba5022162da63059bae36c4fd84d7031f582c71f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65f2c608096d766540953d9b170d216aa3b5eb95
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01b91cb3e748032fd96bbe0043812b426a52f091
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06162d85f830582da6e9e5fcf9c9504d6da9ae0b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da46264a7016034a5bbbad034c012ef218b7d0af
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efcffd9a6ad8d190651498d5eda53bfc7cf683a7
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Sources
- CVE-2026-45978 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-45978 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wq92-r227-xxxp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-45978 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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