{"cve":"CVE-2026-45978","nvd":{"published":"2026-05-27T14:17:14.903","modified":"2026-06-17T10:52:50.150","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nstaging: greybus: lights: avoid NULL deref\n\ngb_lights_light_config() stores channel_count before allocating the\nchannels array. If kcalloc() fails, gb_lights_release() iterates the\nnon-zero count and dereferences light->channels, which is NULL.\n\nAllocate channels first and only then publish channels_count so the\ncleanup path can't walk a NULL pointer.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01b91cb3e748032fd96bbe0043812b426a52f091","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06162d85f830582da6e9e5fcf9c9504d6da9ae0b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cbe694d235d96f628ec7dc6ae4d8bdddb768699","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65f2c608096d766540953d9b170d216aa3b5eb95","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a118724d7641b832fa14323e2733e28ae4834552"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:36:28.938604137+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-45978","score":0.00123,"percentile":0.01995,"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."]}