CVE-2026-31437

medium Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Published: April 22, 2026 (22 days ago)
Last Modified: April 22, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's netfs component. When a write operation is retried, the `netfs_unbuffered_write()` function can attempt to access a non-existent function, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. This vulnerability can be triggered by specific filesystem configurations, such as 9P, and could allow a local attacker to cause a system crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).

CWE

CWE-476

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 lore.kernel.org