CVE-2026-46313 media: intel/ipu6: fix error pointer dereference

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

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.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as BELL-CVE-2026-46313, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46313, GHSA-77rf-83g8-2rfh, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46313.

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