<Vulnerability name="CVE-2026-64227">
    <DocumentDistribution xml:lang="en">Copyright © 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.</DocumentDistribution>
    <ThreatSeverity>Low</ThreatSeverity>
    <PublicDate>2026-07-24T00:00:00</PublicDate>
    <Bugzilla id="2506775" url="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2506775" xml:lang="en:us">
kernel: ACPI: driver: Check ACPI_COMPANION() against NULL during probe
    </Bugzilla>
    <CVSS3 status="draft">
        <CVSS3BaseScore>5.5</CVSS3BaseScore>
        <CVSS3ScoringVector>CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</CVSS3ScoringVector>
    </CVSS3>
    <Details xml:lang="en:us" source="Mitre">
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ACPI: driver: Check ACPI_COMPANION() against NULL during probe

Since every platform driver can be forced to match a device that doesn't
match its list of device IDs because of device_match_driver_override(),
platform drivers that rely on the existence of a device's ACPI companion
object should verify its presence.

Accordingly, add requisite ACPI_COMPANION() or ACPI_HANDLE() checks
against NULL to 13 platform drivers handling core ACPI devices.

Also change the value returned by the ACPI thermal zone driver when
the device's ACPI companion is not present to -ENODEV for consistency
with the other drivers.
    </Details>
    <PackageState impact="moderate" cpe="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10</ProductName>
        <FixState>Fix deferred</FixState>
        <PackageName>kernel</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState impact="moderate" cpe="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10</ProductName>
        <FixState>Fix deferred</FixState>
        <PackageName>libkrun</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState impact="moderate" cpe="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6</ProductName>
        <FixState>Out of support scope</FixState>
        <PackageName>kernel</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState impact="moderate" cpe="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7</ProductName>
        <FixState>Fix deferred</FixState>
        <PackageName>kernel</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState impact="moderate" cpe="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7</ProductName>
        <FixState>Fix deferred</FixState>
        <PackageName>kernel-rt</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState impact="moderate" cpe="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8</ProductName>
        <FixState>Fix deferred</FixState>
        <PackageName>kernel</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState impact="moderate" cpe="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8</ProductName>
        <FixState>Fix deferred</FixState>
        <PackageName>kernel-rt</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState impact="moderate" cpe="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9</ProductName>
        <FixState>Fix deferred</FixState>
        <PackageName>kernel</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState impact="moderate" cpe="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9</ProductName>
        <FixState>Fix deferred</FixState>
        <PackageName>kernel-rt</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState impact="moderate" cpe="cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_nvidia:">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux for NVIDIA 26</ProductName>
        <FixState>Out of support scope</FixState>
        <PackageName>kernel</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState impact="moderate" cpe="cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4">
        <ProductName>Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4</ProductName>
        <FixState>Fix deferred</FixState>
        <PackageName>rhcos</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <References xml:lang="en:us">
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64227
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64227
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026072418-CVE-2026-64227-4d4b@gregkh/T
    </References>
</Vulnerability>