CVE-2026-97448: Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.7. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPICA: Add validation for node in acpi_ns_build_normalized_path() Add validation for node in acpi_ns_build_normalized_path() to prevent use-after-free vulnerabilities.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 4.3, before 5.10.271 (fixed in 5.10.271); from 5.11, before 5.15.222 (fixed in 5.15.222); from 5.16, before 6.1.189 (fixed in 6.1.189); from 6.2, before 6.6.158 (fixed in 6.6.158); from 6.7, before 6.12.111 (fixed in 6.12.111); from 6.13, before 6.18.53 (fixed in 6.18.53); …

Published 2026-09-24. Last modified 2026-10-03.