interconnect: debugfs: initialize src_node and dst_node to empty strings
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: interconnect: debugfs: initialize src_node and dst_node to empty strings The debugfs_create_str() API assumes that the string pointer is either NULL or points to valid kmalloc() memory. Leaving the pointer uninitialized can cause problems. Initialize src_node and dst_node to empty strings before creating the debugfs entries to guarantee that reads and writes are safe.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: interconnect: debugfs: initialize src_node and dst_node to empty strings The debugfs_create_str() API assumes that the string pointer is either NULL or points to valid kmalloc() memory. Leaving the pointer uninitialized can cause problems. Initialize src_node and dst_node to empty strings before creating the debugfs entries to guarantee that reads and writes are safe.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d7c7e1fb3ec24fdd0f9faa27b666d6789e891e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cc27f5c6dd17dd090f3a696683f04336c162ff5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/935d0938b570589c8b0a1733d2cba3c39d027f25
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa79a5a959c7c414bd6fba01ea8dbaddd44f13e7
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/23xxx/CVE-2026-23123.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23123