Medium [CVE-2026-90829] Null pointer dereference via SHT_GROUP Section manipulation
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-90829; related products: Red Hat Hardened Images.
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Summary
Null pointer dereference via SHT_GROUP Section manipulation. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 6.6).
Weakness: CWE-476. Red Hat lists fixing advisory RHSA-2026:47171 with package binutils-main-2.46.1-1.1.hum1.
Affected product named by the advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images.
Affected versions
No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative — check it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 17 days ago·verify at source
- binutils-main-2.46.1-1.1.hum1
- RHSA-2026:47171
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 17 days ago·verify at source
Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: binutils-main-2.46.1-1.1.hum1, RHSA-2026:47171. That is the remediation for this advisory.
The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 17 days ago·verify at source
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