{"cve":"CVE-2026-23044","nvd":{"published":"2026-02-04T16:16:19.897","modified":"2026-06-17T10:20:45.903","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nPM: hibernate: Fix crash when freeing invalid crypto compressor\n\nWhen crypto_alloc_acomp() fails, it returns an ERR_PTR value, not NULL.\n\nThe cleanup code in save_compressed_image() and load_compressed_image()\nunconditionally calls crypto_free_acomp() without checking for ERR_PTR,\nwhich causes crypto_acomp_tfm() to dereference an invalid pointer and\ncrash the kernel.\n\nThis can be triggered when the compression algorithm is unavailable\n(e.g., CONFIG_CRYPTO_LZO not enabled).\n\nFix by adding IS_ERR_OR_NULL() checks before calling crypto_free_acomp()\nand acomp_request_free(), similar to the existing kthread_stop() check.\n\n[ rjw: Added 2 empty code lines ]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7966cf0ebe32c981bfa3db252cb5fc3bb1bf2e77","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7a883b0135dbc6817e90a829421c9fc8cd94bad"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:22:27.261130201+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-23044","score":0.00174,"percentile":0.068,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}