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CVE-2026-22983

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2026-22983 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel, specifically affecting the networking subsystem. This flaw, rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), could lead to a denial-of-service (A:H) condition if a local attacker (AV:L, PR:L) triggers the vulnerability without user interaction (UI:N). While not currently exploited in the wild and lacking public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.18.4, < 6.18.6CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.18.4, < 6.18.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
1.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0010 is in the 7th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2026-22983Low

kernel: net: do not write to msg_get_inq in callee

Jan 23, 2026

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/7d11e047eda5f98514ae62507065ac961981c025
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/ffa2be496ef65055b28b39c6bd9a7d66943ee89a
Patch