# CVE-2026-91782: GNU Binutils Dynamic Relocation Allocation elfxx-x86.c elf\_x86\_allocate\_dynrelocs null pointer dereference

- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-15 · Updated: 2026-09-17

## Affected

- GNU Binutils: 2.47

## Description

A vulnerability was detected in GNU Binutils 2.47. Affected by this vulnerability is the function elf_x86_allocate_dynrelocs of the file bfd/elfxx-x86.c of the component Dynamic Relocation Allocation. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.48 addresses this issue. The patch is identified as d1268210b6f6/471130b39c0/283d3198bed/0a84e560216/a692a633d40. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/404053
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/404053/cti
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-91782
- https://vuldb.com/submit/933335
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34448
- https://github.com/Ech06/CVE_submit/tree/main/bugzilla/pocs/34448
- https://www.gnu.org/

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