{"cve":"CVE-2026-23183","nvd":{"published":"2026-02-14T17:15:56.067","modified":"2026-06-17T10:21:03.230","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncgroup/dmem: fix NULL pointer dereference when setting max\n\nAn issue was triggered:\n\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\n #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n PGD 0 P4D 0\n Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\n CPU: 15 UID: 0 PID: 658 Comm: bash Tainted: 6.19.0-rc6-next-2026012\n Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE\n Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996),\n RIP: 0010:strcmp+0x10/0x30\n RSP: 0018:ffffc900017f7dc0 EFLAGS: 00000246\n RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff888107cd4358\n RDX: 0000000019f73907 RSI: ffffffff82cc381a RDI: 0000000000000000\n RBP: ffff8881016bef0d R08: 000000006c0e7145 R09: 0000000056c0e714\n R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffff888107cd4358 R12: 0007ffffffffffff\n R13: ffff888101399200 R14: ffff888100fcb360 R15: 0007ffffffffffff\n CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000105c79000 CR4: 00000000000006f0\n Call Trace:\n  <TASK>\n  dmemcg_limit_write.constprop.0+0x16d/0x390\n  ? __pfx_set_resource_max+0x10/0x10\n  kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x14e/0x200\n  vfs_write+0x367/0x510\n  ksys_write+0x66/0xe0\n  do_syscall_64+0x6b/0x390\n  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n RIP: 0033:0x7f42697e1887\n\nIt was trriggered setting max without limitation, the command is like:\n\"echo test/region0 > dmem.max\". To fix this issue, add check whether\noptions is valid after parsing the region_name.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43151f812886be1855d2cba059f9c93e4729460b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c13816e8fa23deec6a8d7465d9e637fd02683b5c"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:23:35.260773158+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-23183","score":0.00181,"percentile":0.07636,"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."]}