CVE-2026-46313 media: intel/ipu6: fix error pointer dereference
A null pointer dereference in the Intel IPU6 media driver allows local attackers to cause a system crash via error path handling.
- 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-2026-46313?
CVE-2026-46313 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:
media: intel/ipu6: fix error pointer dereference
In a error path isp->psys is confirmed to be an error pointer not NULL so this condition is true and the error pointer is dereferenced. So isp-psys should be set to NULL before going to out_ipu6_bus_del_devices.
Detected by Smatch: drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu6/ipu6.c:690 ipu6_pci_probe() error: 'isp->psys' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()
[Sakari Ailus: Fix commit message.]
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-46313?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2026-46313?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2026-46313 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-46313 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2026-46313, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46313, GHSA-77rf-83g8-2rfh, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46313.