CVE-2026-23002

Technical Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

lib/buildid: use __kernel_read() for sleepable context

Prevent a "BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in

filemap_read_folio".

For the sleepable context, convert freader to use __kernel_read() instead

of direct page cache access via read_cache_folio(). This simplifies the

faultable code path by using the standard kernel file reading interface

which handles all the complexity of reading file data.

At the moment we are not changing the code for non-sleepable context which

uses filemap_get_folio() and only succeeds if the target folios are

already in memory and up-to-date. The reason is to keep the patch simple

and easier to backport to stable kernels.

Syzbot repro does not crash the kernel anymore and the selftests run

successfully.

In the follow up we will make __kernel_read() with IOCB_NOWAIT work for

non-sleepable contexts. In addition, I would like to replace the

secretmem check with a more

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

References