A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.18.32/7.0.9 . It has been declared as critical . This impacts the function pci_name of the component net . The manipulation of the argument slot results in null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-53324 . The attack must originate from the local network. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.