Local kernel crash via absent submit callback
Published Aug 15, 2026 · Updated Aug 15, 2026
A NULL pointer dereference in Linux 6.14 allows local users to crash the kernel via AMDXDNA_EXEC_CMD on an AIE4 virtual function. amdxdna_cmd_submit() unconditionally calls xdna->dev_info->ops->cmd_submit(), although aie4_vf_ops leaves that callback NULL. Reaching the flaw requires local access to the AMDXDNA_EXEC_CMD ioctl on an AIE4 SR-IOV virtual function, and triggering it oopses the kernel rather than submitting work.
Summary
What happened
A NULL pointer dereference in Linux 6.14 allows local users to crash the kernel via AMDXDNA_EXEC_CMD on an AIE4 virtual function. amdxdna_cmd_submit() unconditionally calls xdna->dev_info->ops->cmd_submit(), although aie4_vf_ops leaves that callback NULL. Reaching the flaw requires local access to the AMDXDNA_EXEC_CMD ioctl on an AIE4 SR-IOV virtual function, and triggering it oopses the kernel rather than submitting work.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-72092
- Published
- Aug 15, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 15, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-476, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 15, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 15, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.14
- Affected versionversion=aac243092b707bb3018e951d470cc1a9bcbaba6c <38953513d7313992676d4136cd425cdb70c6278e
- Affected versionversion=aac243092b707bb3018e951d470cc1a9bcbaba6c <af7a4c2caa7a191d6e7ed33903b69f9901874cd0
- Affected versionversion=aac243092b707bb3018e951d470cc1a9bcbaba6c <f7d08603c87bae19ca3e424da5ab6d0aee81886e
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