Kernel crash via unchecked IRQ-name allocation
Published Sep 4, 2026 · Updated Sep 4, 2026
NULL pointer dereference in Linux 6.18 before 6.18.47, 7.1 before 7.1.11, and 7.2 before 7.2.1 allows attackers to crash the kernel. In mchp_ipc_get_cluster_aggr_irq(), devm_kasprintf() can fail while allocating an IRQ name, and its NULL result is passed to platform_get_irq_byname_optional(). Reachability requires the Microchip IPC SBI mailbox driver to probe and the allocation to fail; no remote trigger is documented.
Summary
What happened
NULL pointer dereference in Linux 6.18 before 6.18.47, 7.1 before 7.1.11, and 7.2 before 7.2.1 allows attackers to crash the kernel. In mchp_ipc_get_cluster_aggr_irq(), devm_kasprintf() can fail while allocating an IRQ name, and its NULL result is passed to platform_get_irq_byname_optional(). Reachability requires the Microchip IPC SBI mailbox driver to probe and the allocation to fail; no remote trigger is documented.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-80822
- Published
- Sep 4, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 4, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
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- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Sep 4, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 4, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <6.18.47
- Affected versionversion=0 <7.1.11
- Affected versionversion=0 <7.2.1
- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <364edaedf4125825781a12c84c77699780d52a16
- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <b233e7836d98d1790e71f5f3734a86409664f341
- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <b37c4d0a2fd90c0c31223acd37f763eb8953ed1a
- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <df5c9816986b2f4d754ef3aa65a92382e9b39c4a
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