CVE-2026-31726

medium Red Hat
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 93% most likely to be exploited
Published: May 1, 2026 (13 days ago)
Last Modified: May 1, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's USB Video Class (UVC) gadget driver. A race condition during power management (PM) transitions can cause a null pointer dereference. This occurs when the system attempts to access a deallocated gadget pointer, leading to a kernel panic. This vulnerability can be triggered by a local user or system process during power management operations, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) due to system instability.

CWE

CWE-367

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