CVE-2026-45978

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-27. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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

staging: greybus: lights: avoid NULL deref

gb_lights_light_config() stores channel_count before allocating the channels array. If kcalloc() fails, gb_lights_release() iterates the non-zero count and dereferences light->channels, which is NULL.

Allocate channels first and only then publish channels_count so the cleanup path can't walk a NULL pointer.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EPSS
2.4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 27, 2026

Last Modified

June 16, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Jun 16, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

staging: greybus: lights: avoid NULL deref - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efcffd9a6ad8d190651498d5eda53bfc7cf683a7
generic

staging: greybus: lights: avoid NULL deref - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da46264a7016034a5bbbad034c012ef218b7d0af
generic

staging: greybus: lights: avoid NULL deref - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba5022162da63059bae36c4fd84d7031f582c71f
generic

staging: greybus: lights: avoid NULL deref - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a118724d7641b832fa14323e2733e28ae4834552
generic

staging: greybus: lights: avoid NULL deref - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65f2c608096d766540953d9b170d216aa3b5eb95
generic

staging: greybus: lights: avoid NULL deref - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cbe694d235d96f628ec7dc6ae4d8bdddb768699
generic

staging: greybus: lights: avoid NULL deref - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06162d85f830582da6e9e5fcf9c9504d6da9ae0b
generic

staging: greybus: lights: avoid NULL deref - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01b91cb3e748032fd96bbe0043812b426a52f091

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-45978(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(8)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime-hwe-22.04 (6.8.1-1055.56~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-07-12ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8 (6.8.0-1058.61.1) @ noble2026-07-12ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-lowlatency-hwe-20.04-edge (6.8.0-134.134.1) @ noble2026-07-12ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-tegra-rt-6.8 (6.8.0-1029.30) @ noble2026-07-12ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-fips-6.8 (6.8.0-134.134+fips1) @ noble2026-07-12ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-6.8 (6.8.0-1060.64) @ noble2026-07-12ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-realtime-6.8 (6.8.0-2049.50) @ noble2026-07-12ubuntu
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp (6.8.0.1032.33) @ noble2026-07-12ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(8)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 44× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-13 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-12 01:13 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-07-12 01:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-09 00:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
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  17. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-01 11:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-29 14:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-06-28 07:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-06-27 06:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-06-26 02:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-06-25 01:33 UTCEG score recompute▲ 5.50
  8. 2026-06-25 01:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-06-24 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-06-23 21:33 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-06-23 21:33 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
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  14. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
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  16. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
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  18. 2026-06-19 19:26 UTCEPSS rescore
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  20. 2026-06-17 17:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-16 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-06-16 03:45 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 5.5 · severity → MEDIUM
  23. 2026-06-15 17:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-15 15:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-06-13 23:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-06-12 23:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-06-12 23:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-06-12 17:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-06-11 14:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-06-10 22:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-06-10 13:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-06-10 13:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-06-09 19:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-06-08 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-06-08 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-06-07 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-06-07 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-06-06 21:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-06-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-06-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-06-05 22:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-06-05 06:10 UTCEPSS rescore
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  44. 2026-06-04 13:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-06-04 13:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-06-03 23:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-06-02 20:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-06-01 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-06-01 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-06-01 01:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-05-31 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
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  53. 2026-05-31 00:16 UTCEPSS rescore
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  55. 2026-05-29 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
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  57. 2026-05-28 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  58. 2026-05-28 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  59. 2026-05-27 14:14 UTCEG score recompute

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-45978?
CVE-2026-45978 is a medium vulnerability published on May 27, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: greybus: lights: avoid NULL deref gblightslightconfig() stores channelcount before allocating the channels array. If kcalloc() fails, gblightsrelease() iterates the non-zero count and dereferences light->channels, which is…
When was CVE-2026-45978 disclosed?
CVE-2026-45978 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 27, 2026, with the most recent update on June 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-45978 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-45978 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 2.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-45978?
CVE-2026-45978 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-45978?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-45978, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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