CVE-2026-10659 NULL pointer dereference in Zephyr Dhara FTL disk driver on flash read error during journal resume
A NULL pointer dereference in the Zephyr Dhara FTL driver causes a kernel crash during disk initialization if a flash read error occurs.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
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- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-10659?
CVE-2026-10659 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zephyrproject Zephyr, published on 7 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Dhara flash translation layer disk driver (drivers/disk/ftl_dhara.c) implemented the dhara_nand_ callbacks so that, on a flash error, the error code was written unconditionally through the caller-supplied dhara_error_t err pointer (e.g. *err = DHARA_E_ECC in dhara_nand_read, and similar in dhara_nand_erase/prog/copy).
The upstream Dhara library calls these callbacks with err == NULL along its journal-resume binary search: find_last_checkblock() invokes find_checkblock(j, mid, &found, NULL), which forwards the NULL pointer into dhara_nand_read(). This path runs during disk_ftl_access_init() -> dhara_map_resume() whenever the FTL disk is mounted/initialised.
If a flash read error (uncorrectable ECC, bad block, controller error) occurs on one of the probed checkpoint pages, the driver dereferences and writes to NULL, faulting the kernel (denial of service). The trigger is conditioned on the NAND medium content/health, which can be influenced by media wear, induced faults, or a corrupted/crafted on-flash image.
The fix routes all error assignments through the library's NULL-safe dhara_set_error() helper. Affects Zephyr v4.4.0, where the driver was introduced.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-10659?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Zephyrproject Zephyr.
How do I fix CVE-2026-10659?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-10659 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-10659 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-10659 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-q28v-3729-f82g.