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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-53385" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-07-19T11:59:32.732Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-17T04:50:36.006Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:20.586Z" 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-2026-53385" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-53385.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53385" title: "vc_screen: fix null-ptr-deref in vcs_notifier() during concurrent vcs_write" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvc_screen: fix null-ptr-deref in vcs_notifier() during concurrent vcs_write\n\nA KASAN null-ptr-deref was observed in vcs_notifier():\n\nBUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in vcs_notifier+0x98/0x130\nRead of size 2 at addr qmp_cmd_name: qmp_capabilities, arguments: {}\n\nThe issue is a race condition in vcs_write(). When the console_lock is\ntemporarily dropped (to copy data from userspace), the vc_data pointer\nobtained from vcs_vc() may become stale. After re-acquiring the lock,\nvcs_vc() is called again to re-validate the pointer. If the vc has been\ndeallocated in the meantime, vcs_vc() returns NULL, and the while loop\nbreaks (with written \u003e 0). However, after the loop, vcs_scr_updated(vc)\nis still called with the now-NULL vc pointer, leading to a null pointer\ndereference in the notifier chain (vcs_notifier dereferences param-\u003evc).\n\nFix this by adding a NULL check for vc before calling vcs_scr_updated()." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"11dddfbb7a4e62489b01074d6c04d9d1b42e4047","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"43a6281790273c1b0a9ab76609ff0245b968f1e6"},{"version":"e3d1adcad5b73c7ed0c7edb35ab68abcaa45cf67","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b6bbb85cf45bf0b070e741997fe0af3a772c5ad5"},{"version":"3338d0b9acde770ee588eead5cac32c25e7048fc","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ff4806202749a51938236214adc0281481a57366"},{"version":"8fb9ea65c9d1338b0d2bb0a9122dc942cdd32357","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8232fca738011ca2ec865b46ec721d1796dc0580"},{"version":"8fb9ea65c9d1338b0d2bb0a9122dc942cdd32357","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"73049768ad57145acd337102c5aa3c788e6642c8"},{"version":"8fb9ea65c9d1338b0d2bb0a9122dc942cdd32357","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7cc3dd79777f6ae4625ec37e84dd18a26dc88bde"},{"version":"8fb9ea65c9d1338b0d2bb0a9122dc942cdd32357","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"74be188eb2dc1c99d63986167b9a67d415fe7326"},{"version":"8fb9ea65c9d1338b0d2bb0a9122dc942cdd32357","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"09a43e81279b8da15526da09877134b8bcf618b0"},{"version":"8fb9ea65c9d1338b0d2bb0a9122dc942cdd32357","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a287620312dc6dcb9a093417a0e589bf30fcf38a"},{"version":"934de9a9b659785fed3e820bc0c813a460c71fea","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0deff678157333d775af190f84696336cdcccd6d","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"a4e3c4c65ae8510e01352c9a4347e05c035b2ce2","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1de42e7653d6714a7507ba6696151a1fa028c69f","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5.10.181","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.10.260"},{"version":"5.15.113","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.15.211"},{"version":"6.1.30","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.1.177"},{"version":"4.14.327","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.15"},{"version":"4.19.284","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.20"},{"version":"5.4.244","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.5"},{"version":"6.3.4","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.4"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.4","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.4"},{"version":"5.10.260","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.211","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.177","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.144","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.95","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.37","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.0.14","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*"},{"version":"7.1.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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