Linux Kernel up to 6.18.35/7.0.12 futex remove_waiter task null pointer dereference 🚫 [False Positive]

Noticeinfo

⚠️ Further analysis revealed that this issues is a false-positive. Please take a look at the sources mentioned and consider not using this entry at all.

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.18.0
• 6.18.1
• 6.18.2
• 6.18.3
• 6.18.4
• 6.18.5
• 6.18.6
• 6.18.7
• 6.18.8
• 6.18.9
• 6.18.10
• 6.18.11
• 6.18.12
• 6.18.13
• 6.18.14
• 6.18.15
• 6.18.16
• 6.18.17
• 6.18.18
• 6.18.19
• 6.18.20
• 6.18.21
• 6.18.22
• 6.18.23
• 6.18.24
• 6.18.25
• 6.18.26
• 6.18.27
• 6.18.28
• 6.18.29
• 6.18.30
• 6.18.31
• 6.18.32
• 6.18.33
• 6.18.34
• 6.18.35
• 7.0.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.3
• 7.0.4
• 7.0.5
• 7.0.6
• 7.0.7
• 7.0.8
• 7.0.9
• 7.0.10
• 7.0.11
• 7.0.12

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

Timelineinfo

06/09/2026 CVE reserved
06/25/2026 +16 days Advisory disclosed
06/25/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/12/2026 +17 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kernel.org

Advisory: git.kernel.org
False Positive: Yes

CVE: CVE-2026-53166 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-53166
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-373742
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2026-2077 - Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 06/25/2026 12:12
Updated: 07/12/2026 08:59
Changes: 06/25/2026 12:12 (60), 06/29/2026 00:51 (2), 06/29/2026 03:18 (7), 07/08/2026 11:45 (11), 07/12/2026 08:59 (3)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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