In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm/hugetlb: fix early boot crash on parameters without '=' separator

If hugepages, hugepagesz, or default_hugepagesz are specified on the
kernel command line without the '=' separator, early parameter parsing
passes NULL to hugetlb_add_param(), which dereferences it in strlen() and
can crash the system during early boot.

Reject NULL values in hugetlb_add_param() and return -EINVAL instead.

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Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugetlb: fix early boot crash on parameters without '=' separator If hugepages, hugepagesz, or default_hugepagesz are specified on the kernel command line without the '=' separator, early parameter parsing passes NULL to hugetlb_add_param(), which dereferences it in strlen() and can crash the system during early boot. Reject NULL values in hugetlb_add_param() and return -EINVAL instead.
Title mm/hugetlb: fix early boot crash on parameters without '=' separator
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-08T15:41:27.467Z

Reserved: 2026-05-13T15:03:33.110Z

Link: CVE-2026-46284

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-08T17:16:46.193

Modified: 2026-06-08T17:16:46.193

Link: CVE-2026-46284

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Updated: 2026-06-08T19:00:14Z

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