{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-68434 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-68434 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 12 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-68434 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-68434 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 12 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-68434 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-68434/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-68434/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-68434","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-68434/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-68434","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2026-68434","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68434","GHSA-97r7-mpr3-66vh","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68434"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel serial driver causes a system crash on specific Intel platforms, requiring a kernel patch.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"null_dereference"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nserial: 8250_mid: Fix NULL function pointer dereference on DNV/ICX-D/SNR platforms\n\nCommit b1b4efea05a5 (\"serial: 8250_mid: Disable DMA for selected\nplatforms\") replaced the dnv_board setup and exit callbacks with\nPTR_IF(false, ...), which evaluates to NULL. However, the three call\nsites in mid8250_probe() and mid8250_remove() unconditionally\ndereference these function pointers without NULL checks, causing a NULL\npointer dereference (kernel oops) on any Denverton (DNV), Ice Lake Xeon\nD (ICX-D/CDF), or Snowridge (SNR) platform.\n\nFix this by adding the missing NULL checks before calling the setup and\nexit callbacks.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"serial: 8250_mid: Fix NULL function pointer dereference on DNV/ICX-D/SNR platforms","id":"CVE-2026-68434","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"null_dereference","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":8,"next":{"headline":"LoongArch: Fix address space mismatch in kexec command line lookup","id":"CVE-2026-68435"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"libceph: bound get_version reply decode to front len","id":"CVE-2026-68433"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-08-12","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-23","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel serial driver causes a system crash on specific Intel platforms, requiring a kernel patch.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-68434/"}