# CVE-2026-46284: mm/hugetlb: fix early boot crash on parameters without '=' separator

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-06-08 · Updated: 2026-06-14

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.15

## 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.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2774bcf714739cc6bb86f8812167bb9fbda70f6a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/357c6d084b6137ae640209c5bfd01180f985c015
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c45b354911d01565156e38d7f6bc07edb51fc34c

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