CVE-2026-97980

Summary

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

s390/debug: Fix NULL pointer dereference in debug_set_level()

Commit a2cec6863709 ("s390/debug: Add s390dbf kernel parameter") incorrectly removed a null-id check from debug_set_level(), introducing a possible NULL pointer dereference for debug-API users that put debug_register() results unchecked into debug_set_level().

Fix this by moving the check from the internal _debug_set_level() variant back to the external debug_set_level() wrapper.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinuxa2cec6863709d6673a025acc066c962b85a75842 < 716e1cd3783806929407dbd596e6b1118971eb9eaffected
LinuxLinuxa2cec6863709d6673a025acc066c962b85a75842 < b1eb31d533cdfcae1011ed53850d52f36afe5774affected
LinuxLinux7.2affected
LinuxLinux0 < 7.2unaffected
LinuxLinux7.2.7 <= 7.2.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.3-rc3 <= *unaffected

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