CVE-2026-46278 drm/imagination: Fix segfault when updating ftrace mask
A null pointer dereference in the Imagination DRM driver causes a kernel segfault when updating the ftrace mask, leading to a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-46278?
CVE-2026-46278 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 8 Jun 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/imagination: Fix segfault when updating ftrace mask
Fix invalid data access by passing right data for debugfs entry.
[ 171.549793] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000 [ 171.559248] Mem abort info: [ 171.562173] ESR = 0x0000000096000044 [ 171.566227] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 171.573108] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 171.576448] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 171.579745] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault [ 171.584760] Data abort info: [ 171.588012] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000044, ISS2 = 0x00000000 [ 171.593734] CM = 0, WnR = 1, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0 [ 171.598962] GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0 [ 171.604471] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000083837000 [ 171.611358] [0000000000000000] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000 [ 171.618500] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000044 [#1] SMP [ 171.624222] Modules linked in: powervr drm_shmem_helper drm_gpuvm... [ 171.656580] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 549 Comm: bash Not tainted 7.0.0-rc2-g730b257ba723-dirty #13 PREEMPT [ 171.665773] Hardware name: BeagleBoard.org BeaglePlay (DT) [ 171.671296] pstate: 20000005 (nzCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 171.678306] pc : pvr_fw_trace_mask_set+0x78/0x154 [powervr] [ 171.683959] lr : pvr_fw_trace_mask_set+0x4c/0x154 [powervr] [ 171.689593] sp : ffff8000835ebb90 [ 171.692929] x29: ffff8000835ebc00 x28: ffff000005c60f80 x27: 0000000000000000 [ 171.700130] x26: 0000000000000000 x25: ffff00000504af28 x24: 0000000000000000 [ 171.707324] x23: ffff00000504af50 x22: 0000000000000203 x21: 0000000000000000 [ 171.714518] x20: ffff000005c44a80 x19: ffff000005c457b8 x18: 0000000000000000 [ 171.721715] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000aaaae8887580 [ 171.728908] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: ffff8000835ebc30 [ 171.736095] x11: ffff00000504af2a x10: ffff00008504af29 x9 : 0fffffffffffffff [ 171.743286] x8 : ffff8000835ebbf8 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 000000000000002a [ 171.750479] x5 : ffff00000504af2e x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000010 [ 171.757674] x2 : 0000000000000203 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff8000835ebba0 [ 171.764871] Call trace: [ 171.767342] pvr_fw_trace_mask_set+0x78/0x154 [powervr] (P) [ 171.772984] simple_attr_write_xsigned.isra.0+0xe0/0x19c [ 171.778341] simple_attr_write+0x18/0x24 [ 171.782296] debugfs_attr_write+0x50/0x98 [ 171.786341] full_proxy_write+0x6c/0xa8 [ 171.790208] vfs_write+0xd4/0x350 [ 171.793561] ksys_write+0x70/0x108 [ 171.796995] __arm64_sys_write+0x1c/0x28 [ 171.800952] invoke_syscall+0x48/0x10c [ 171.804740] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x40/0xe0 [ 171.809487] do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28 [ 171.812834] el0_svc+0x34/0x108 [ 171.816013] el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa0/0xe4 [ 171.820237] el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c [ 171.823939] Code: 32000262 b90ac293 1a931056 9134e293 (b9000036) [ 171.830073] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-46278?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2026-46278?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2026-46278 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-46278 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46278, GHSA-8vhc-q32v-78w5, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46278.