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    Linux Kernel: NULL Pointer Dereference (CVE-2026-89780)

    Published Last modified Sources: Ubuntu, Debian LTS, HKCERT, SUSE, Debian, BSI, CVE.org, EUVD, Msrc Update Guide

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    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: qualcomm: rmnet: restore skb->dev on deaggregated frames rmnet_map_deaggregate() allocates each sub-frame with alloc_skb() and leaves skb->dev NULL. __rmnet_map_ingress_handler() assigns skb->dev = ep->egress_dev only on the data path, but a MAP command frame is dispatched to rmnet_map_command() before that, so rmnet_map_send_ack() runs netif_tx_lock(skb->dev) on a NULL device. An unprivileged user reaches this by unsharing a user+net namespace, creating an rmnet link over a tap device with INGRESS_DEAGGREGATION and INGRESS_MAP_COMMANDS, and writing an aggregated frame carrying a flow-control command to the tap fd.

    Update Linux Kernel to version 5.10.270, Linux Kernel to version 5.15.221, Linux Kernel to version 6.1.188.

    Affected
    • Linux Kernel lt 4.17..5.10.270
    • Linux Kernel lt 5.11..5.15.221
    • Linux Kernel lt 5.16..6.1.188
    • Linux Kernel lt 6.2..6.6.157
    • Linux Kernel lt 6.7..6.12.110
    • Linux Kernel lt 6.13..6.18.52
    • Linux Kernel lt 6.19..7.2.6
    Fixed in
    • Linux Kernel 5.10.270
    • Linux Kernel 5.15.221
    • Linux Kernel 6.1.188
    • Linux Kernel 6.6.157
    • Linux Kernel 6.12.110
    • Linux Kernel 6.18.52
    • Linux Kernel 7.2.6
    • Linux Kernel 7.3

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    XIEM Effective CVSS

    No value is available for this vulnerability.

    0.0

    CVSS v3

    Severity Not rated on the scale from 0 to 10.

    Source: Ubuntu, Debian LTS, HKCERT, SUSE, Debian, BSI, CVE.org, EUVD, Msrc Update Guide

    0.2 %

    EPSS score

    Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.

    Source: FIRST EPSS, percentile 12.2

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    Priority (0–325)

    The priority score is a consolidated metric that condenses several individual signals into a single, action-guiding ranking: technical severity (CVSS), exploitation likelihood (EPSS), known-exploited status (KEV) and the context of the affected asset. The aim is to answer the only truly important question in vulnerability management: what first?

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    26.40 Methodology
    Exploit maturity

    An exploit is code or a technique that specifically uses a concrete vulnerability to force unintended behaviour — such as executing code or escalating privileges. It is the tool that turns a theoretical flaw into a practical attack.

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    no public PoC known
    CVSS v3

    CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions.

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    0.0
    EPSS score

    The EPSS score is the absolute model output for an individual vulnerability: the estimated probability of real-world exploitation within the next 30 days, expressed as a value between 0 and 1 (i.e. 0 % to 100 %). A score of 0.42 means „the model estimates a 42 % chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days“.

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    0.2 %
    Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
    EPSS percentile

    The EPSS percentile is the relative position of a vulnerability within all EPSS-scored CVEs, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. A percentile of 0.90 means „this CVE has a higher EPSS score than 90 % of all other scored CVEs“. Unlike the EPSS score, it is not a probability — but a positioning within a ranking.

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    12.2
    Elevated — this CVE ranks above at least 10% of all CVEs scored today.
    KEV status

    The KEV catalogue is a list maintained by the US authority CISA of vulnerabilities for which active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. It answers not the question „how severe?“ but „is it already being attacked?“ — thereby sharply prioritising patching.

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    Detection rules

    No NEOSEC detection rule is available for this vulnerability yet.

    Classification under NIS2 and CRA

    Rule-based classification from exploitation status and severity. It does not replace a case-by-case assessment.

    NIS2

    NIS2 is EU Directive (EU) 2022/2555 to raise the level of cybersecurity across the Union. It substantially broadens obligations compared with the first NIS directive: more sectors, mandatory risk management, staged reporting duties and personal accountability of senior management.

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    Handle the vulnerability in regular vulnerability handling under Art. 21(2)(e) NIS2.
    CRA

    The CRA is EU Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 setting horizontal cybersecurity requirements for „products with digital elements“ — from industrial controllers and software to connected consumer devices. For the first time manufacturers must ensure security across the entire product lifecycle, handle vulnerabilities and provide security updates.

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    From 11.12.2027, Annex I Part II CRA requires manufacturers of affected products with digital elements to handle vulnerabilities without delay and provide security updates.
    ISO/IEC 27001

    ISO/IEC 27001 is the internationally leading standard for an information security management system (ISMS). It describes a risk-based, process-oriented framework to systematically plan, implement, review and improve information security.

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    Control A.8.8, management of technical vulnerabilities: assess relevance to your systems, plan remediation and keep evidence.

    Description

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: qualcomm: rmnet: restore skb->dev on deaggregated frames rmnet_map_deaggregate() allocates each sub-frame with alloc_skb() and leaves skb->dev NULL. __rmnet_map_ingress_handler() assigns skb->dev = ep->egress_dev only on the data path, but a MAP command frame is dispatched to rmnet_map_command() before that, so rmnet_map_send_ack() runs netif_tx_lock(skb->dev) on a NULL device. An unprivileged user reaches this by unsharing a user+net namespace, creating an rmnet link over a tap device with INGRESS_DEAGGREGATION and INGRESS_MAP_COMMANDS, and writing an aggregated frame carrying a flow-control command to the tap fd. Restore the assignment dropped by 378e25357ac7, so every skb leaving rmnet_map_deaggregate() has a valid device. BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in _raw_spin_lock (kernel/locking/spinlock.c:158) Write of size 4 at addr 00000000000004b4 by task exploit/144 Call Trace: _raw_spin_lock (kernel/locking/spinlock.c:158) netif_tx_lock (net/sched/sch_generic.c:497) rmnet_map_command (drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_map_command.c:67) rmnet_rx_handler (drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_handlers.c:125) __netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0 (net/core/dev.c:6103) ... __netif_receive_skb_one_core (net/core/dev.c:6214) netif_receive_skb (net/core/dev.c:6474) tun_get_user (drivers/net/tun.c:1966) tun_chr_write_iter (drivers/net/tun.c:2012) vfs_write (fs/read_write.c:687) ksys_write (fs/read_write.c:739) do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94) entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121) Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt

    Source: Ubuntu Security Notices, Debian LTS Advisories, HKCERT (CC BY 3.0 HK) · HKCERT rating: medium, suse_csaf, Debian Security Advisories, BSI WID Portal, BSI CSAF, NVD (NIST), ENISA EUVD, cvelistv5, Microsoft Security Update Guide

    Affected products

    The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.

    Affected products
    Affected versionsFixed in
    LinuxLinux
    • 6.19 – < 7.2.6
    • 5.11 – < 5.15.221
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    • 6.7 – < 6.12.110
    • 6.13 – < 6.18.52
    • 5.16 – < 6.1.188
    • 6.2 – < 6.6.157
    • 4.17 – < 5.10.270
    • 7.2.6
    • 5.15.221
    • 7.3
    • 6.12.110
    • 6.18.52
    • 6.1.188
    • 6.6.157
    • 5.10.270

    Vendors and products

    Affected operating systems

    Affected operating systems
    Linuxdebianlinuxbookworm
    Linuxdebianlinuxtrixie
    Linuxubuntulinuxjammy
    Linuxubuntulinuxnoble
    Linuxubuntulinuxresolute
    Linuxdebianlinux-6.12bookworm
    Linuxubuntulinux-awsjammy
    Linuxubuntulinux-awsnoble
    Linuxubuntulinux-awsresolute
    Linuxubuntulinux-aws-5.15focal
    Linuxubuntulinux-aws-6.8jammy
    Linuxubuntulinux-aws-7.0noble
    Linuxubuntulinux-aws-fipsjammy
    Linuxubuntulinux-aws-fipsnoble
    Linuxubuntulinux-azurejammy
    Linuxubuntulinux-azurenoble
    Linuxubuntulinux-azureresolute
    Linuxubuntulinux-azure-5.15focal
    Linuxubuntulinux-azure-6.8jammy
    Linuxubuntulinux-azure-fdejammy
    Linuxubuntulinux-azure-fdenoble
    Linuxubuntulinux-azure-fderesolute
    Linuxubuntulinux-azure-fde-5.15focal
    Linuxubuntulinux-azure-fde-6.8jammy

    References & sources

    Changes to this CVE

    Who changed this CVE and when: NVD (analysis, affected products, CVSS), the CVE publisher (CNA) and additional providers such as CISA (ADP).

    1. Record modifiedLinux

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      Affected value modified. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/89xxx/CVE-2026-89780.json">CVE-2026-89780</a>

      Source identifier: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    2. ReceivedLinux

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      In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: qualcomm: rmnet: restore skb->dev on deaggregated frames rmnet_map_deaggregate() allocates each sub-frame with alloc_skb() and leaves skb->dev NULL. __rmnet_map_ingress_handler() assigns skb->dev = ep->egress_dev only on the data path, but a MAP command frame is dispatched to rmnet_map_command() before that, so rmnet_map_send_ack() runs netif_tx_lock(skb->dev) on a NULL device. An unprivileged user reaches this by unsharing a user+net namespace, creating an rmnet link over a tap device with INGRESS_DEAGGREGATION and INGRESS_MAP_COMMANDS, and writing an aggregated frame carrying a flow-control command to the tap fd. Restore the assignment dropped by 378e25357ac7, so every skb leaving rmnet_map_deaggregate() has a valid device. BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in _raw_spin_lock (kernel/locking/spinlock.c:158) Write of size 4 at addr 00000000000004b4 by task exploit/144 Call Trace: _raw_spin_lock (kernel/locking/spinlock.c:158) netif_tx_lock (net/sched/sch_generic.c:497) rmnet_map_command (drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_map_command.c:67) rmnet_rx_handler (drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_handlers.c:125) __netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0 (net/core/dev.c:6103) ... __netif_receive_skb_one_core (net/core/dev.c:6214) netif_receive_skb (net/core/dev.c:6474) tun_get_user (drivers/net/tun.c:1966) tun_chr_write_iter (drivers/net/tun.c:2012) vfs_write (fs/read_write.c:687) ksys_write (fs/read_write.c:739) do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94) entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121) Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
      Affected versions (publisher)added
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      New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/89xxx/CVE-2026-89780.json">CVE-2026-89780</a>
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      https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/200460a0793dc6af97d3b36d92ac245350ac26fc
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      https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bcef54e4a3355a62d9ad90729fe563435ec76c3
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      https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5aaa7409c1b4ca4c60d66e2afa99703bf4eb7ddd
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      https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7abe769e72c792e5f9eb273813eb3ecd8389854c
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      https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b78ab84ddf97c06a8567edb62b6c0fd582f9a62
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      https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d18c6c6cd1666b2cb7915cad052e22abf520997
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      https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a66734a1c5e36525ea07e9f4547fddc51e916de3
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      https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b14c22c31d9e30f38ea1693ac06d318f32258f5d

      Source identifier: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

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