Medium5.5Red Hat Linux Updated

Prevent NULL pointer dereference in remove_waiter on self-deadlock

CVE-2026-53166 Published Jun 25, 2026Updated by vendor Jun 25, 2026

CVE-2026-53166

Affected products & platforms

Red Hat LinuxRed Hat Enterprise Linux

Summary

Prevent NULL pointer dereference in remove_waiter() on self-deadlock. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 5.5). Weakness: CWE-476. Red Hat lists fixing advisory RHSA-2026:38492 with package kernel-0:6.12.0-211.33.1.el10_2, kernel-0:6.12.0-231.16.el10nv. Affected product named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 1.

Fixed versions

kernel-0:6.12.0-211.33.1.el10_2
kernel-0:6.12.0-231.16.el10nv
RHSA-2026:38492

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 7 hours ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

See the security bulletin for a detailed mitigation procedure.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 7 hours ago·verify at source

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