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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 8, 2026 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 21, 2026

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

scsi: hisi_sas: Fix NULL pointer exception during user_scan()

user_scan() invokes updated sas_user_scan() for channel 0, and if
successful, iteratively scans remaining channels (1 to shost->max_channel)
via scsi_scan_host_selected() in commit 37c4e72b0651 ("scsi: Fix
sas_user_scan() to handle wildcard and multi-channel scans"). However,
hisi_sas supports only one channel, and the current value of max_channel is

  1. sas_user_scan() for channel 1 will trigger the following NULL pointer
    exception:

[ 441.554662] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000008b0
[ 441.554699] Mem abort info:
[ 441.554710] ESR = 0x0000000096000004
[ 441.554718] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 441.554723] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 441.554726] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 441.554730] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault
[ 441.554735] Data abort info:
[ 441.554737] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004, ISS2 = 0x00000000
[ 441.554742] CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
[ 441.554747] GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
[ 441.554752] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=00000828377a6000
[ 441.554757] [00000000000008b0] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000
[ 441.554769] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] SMP
[ 441.629589] Modules linked in: arm_spe_pmu arm_smmuv3_pmu tpm_tis_spi hisi_uncore_sllc_pmu hisi_uncore_pa_pmu hisi_uncore_l3c_pmu hisi_uncore_hha_pmu hisi_uncore_ddrc_pmu hisi_uncore_cpa_pmu hns3_pmu hisi_ptt hisi_pcie_pmu tpm_tis_core spidev spi_hisi_sfc_v3xx hisi_uncore_pmu spi_dw_mmio fuse hclge hclge_common hisi_sec2 hisi_hpre hisi_zip hisi_qm hns3 hisi_sas_v3_hw sm3_ce sbsa_gwdt hnae3 hisi_sas_main uacce hisi_dma i2c_hisi dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod
[ 441.670819] CPU: 46 UID: 0 PID: 6994 Comm: bash Kdump: loaded Not tainted 7.0.0-rc2+ #84 PREEMPT
[ 441.691327] pstate: 81400009 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[ 441.698277] pc : sas_find_dev_by_rphy+0x44/0x118
[ 441.702896] lr : sas_find_dev_by_rphy+0x3c/0x118
[ 441.707502] sp : ffff80009abbba40
[ 441.710805] x29: ffff80009abbba40 x28: ffff082819a40008 x27: ffff082810c37c08
[ 441.717930] x26: ffff082810c37c28 x25: ffff082819a40290 x24: ffff082810c37c00
[ 441.725054] x23: 0000000000000000 x22: 0000000000000001 x21: ffff082819a40000
[ 441.732179] x20: ffff082819a40290 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000020
[ 441.739304] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffffb5dad6bda690 x15: 00000000ffffffff
[ 441.746428] x14: ffff082814c3b26c x13: 00000000ffffffff x12: ffff082814c3b26a
[ 441.753553] x11: 00000000000000c0 x10: 000000000000003a x9 : ffffb5dad5ea94f4
[ 441.760678] x8 : 000000000000003a x7 : ffff80009abbbab0 x6 : 0000000000000030
[ 441.767802] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000
[ 441.774926] x2 : ffff08280f35a300 x1 : ffffb5dad7127180 x0 : 0000000000000000
[ 441.782053] Call trace:
[ 441.784488] sas_find_dev_by_rphy+0x44/0x118 (P)
[ 441.789095] sas_target_alloc+0x24/0xb0
[ 441.792920] scsi_alloc_target+0x290/0x330
[ 441.797010] __scsi_scan_target+0x88/0x258
[ 441.801096] scsi_scan_channel+0x74/0xb8
[ 441.805008] scsi_scan_host_selected+0x170/0x188
[ 441.809615] sas_user_scan+0xfc/0x148
[ 441.813267] store_scan+0x10c/0x180
[ 441.816743] dev_attr_store+0x20/0x40
[ 441.820398] sysfs_kf_write+0x84/0xa8
[ 441.824054] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x130/0x1c8
[ 441.828487] vfs_write+0x2c0/0x370
[ 441.831880] ksys_write+0x74/0x118
[ 441.835271] __arm64_sys_write+0x24/0x38
[ 441.839182] invoke_syscall+0x50/0x120
[ 441.842919] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc8/0xf0
[ 441.847611] do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38
[ 441.850913] el0_svc+0x38/0x158
[ 441.854043] el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa0/0xe8
[ 441.858214] el0t_64_sync+0x1ac/0x1b0
[ 441.861865] Code: aa1303e0 97ff70a8 34ffff80 d10a4273 (f9445a75)
[ 441.867946] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Therefore
---truncated---

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 8, 2026
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 8, 2026
Last updated May 21, 2026

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(2nd percentile)

Weaknesses

NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2026-43413

GHSA ID

GHSA-3crh-xxfm-7qqg

Source code

No known source code

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