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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-31744"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-05-01T14:14:38.820Z"
updatedAt: "2026-05-11T22:14:55.237Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:02.025Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-31744"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-31744.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31744"
title: "PM: EM: Fix NULL pointer dereference when perf domain ID is not found"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nPM: EM: Fix NULL pointer dereference when perf domain ID is not found\n\ndev_energymodel_nl_get_perf_domains_doit() calls\nem_perf_domain_get_by_id() but does not check the return value before\npassing it to __em_nl_get_pd_size(). When a caller supplies a\nnon-existent perf domain ID, em_perf_domain_get_by_id() returns NULL,\nand __em_nl_get_pd_size() immediately dereferences pd-\u003ecpus\n(struct offset 0x30), causing a NULL pointer dereference.\n\nThe sister handler dev_energymodel_nl_get_perf_table_doit() already\nhandles this correctly via __em_nl_get_pd_table_id(), which returns\nNULL and causes the caller to return -EINVAL. Add the same NULL check\nin the get-perf-domains do handler.\n\n[ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]"
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"380ff27af25e49e2cb2ff8fd0ecd7c95be2976ee","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ab09b9a1e3b02ff62c5aebe3b12b0cb4cb4ea8ab"},{"version":"380ff27af25e49e2cb2ff8fd0ecd7c95be2976ee","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9badc2a84e688be1275bb740942d5f6f51746908"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.19","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.19"},{"version":"6.19.12","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*"},{"version":"7.0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}]

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