CVE-2026-45982: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPICA: Fix NULL pointer dereference in acpi_ev_address_space_dispatch() Cover a missed execution path with a new check.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.17, before 6.1.165 (fixed in 6.1.165); from 6.2, before 6.6.128 (fixed in 6.6.128); from 6.7, before 6.12.75 (fixed in 6.12.75); from 6.13, before 6.18.14 (fixed in 6.18.14); from 6.19, before 6.19.4 (fixed in 6.19.4)

Published 2026-05-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.