A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.174/6.6.141/6.12.91/6.18.33/7.0.10 and classified as critical . Affected by this issue is the function SMC_STAT_RMB_TX_SIZE_SMALL of the component net . The manipulation of the argument lnk leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-52941 . The attack can only be initiated within the local network. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.