Bug 2532397 (CVE-2026-80963) - CVE-2026-80963 kernel: Linux kernel: dm-stats module crash due to null pointer dereference
Summary: CVE-2026-80963 kernel: Linux kernel: dm-stats module crash due to null pointe...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-80963
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-11 22:46 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-11 23:05 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-11 22:46:12 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dm-stats: fix a crash if allocation of per-cpu data fails

If "dm_kvzalloc(percpu_alloc_size, cpu_to_node(cpu))" fails, the code
jumps to the "out" label and calls dm_stat_free. dm_stat_free does
"for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) { dm_kvfree(s->stat_percpu[cpu][0].histogram,
s->histogram_alloc_size);", which crashes with NULL pointer dereference
if s->stat_percpu[cpu] is NULL.

This commit fixes the bug by testing s->stat_percpu[cpu] for NULL before
using it.


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