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CVE-2026-23381

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CVE-2026-23381

Published: Mar 25, 2026

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bridge: fix nd_tbl NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled When booting with the 'ipv6.disable=1' parameter, the nd_tbl is never initialized because inet6_init() exits before ndisc_init() is called which initializes it. Then, if neigh_suppress is enabled and an ICMPv6 Neighbor Discovery packet reaches the bridge, br_do_suppress_nd() will dereference ipv6_stub->nd_tbl which is NULL, passing it to neigh_lookup(). This causes a kernel NULL pointer dereference. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000268 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [...] RIP: 0010:neigh_lookup+0x16/0xe0 [...] Call Trace: <IRQ> ? neigh_lookup+0x16/0xe0 br_do_suppress_nd+0x160/0x290 [bridge] br_handle_frame_finish+0x500/0x620 [bridge] br_handle_frame+0x353/0x440 [bridge] __netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0+0x298/0x1110 __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x3d/0xa0 process_backlog+0xa0/0x140 __napi_poll+0x2c/0x170 net_rx_action+0x2c4/0x3a0 handle_softirqs+0xd0/0x270 do_softirq+0x3f/0x60 Fix this by replacing IS_ENABLED(IPV6) call with ipv6_mod_enabled() in the callers. This is in essence disabling NS/NA suppression when IPv6 is disabled.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
ed842faeb2bd49256f00485402f3113205f91d30 - < a9d712ccfeef737c0e700a4b5b98f310e07b6b60
affected
ed842faeb2bd49256f00485402f3113205f91d30 - < a5c56e65b685360dd3f2278aeff8c21061feb665
affected
ed842faeb2bd49256f00485402f3113205f91d30 - < 7a894eb5de246d79f13105c55a67381039a24d44
affected
ed842faeb2bd49256f00485402f3113205f91d30 - < a12cdaa3375f0bd3c8f4e564be7c143529abfe5b
affected
ed842faeb2bd49256f00485402f3113205f91d30 - < aa73deb3b6b730ec280d45b3f423bfa9e17bc122

+3 more versions

Linux

Linux

affected
4.15
unaffected
0 - < 4.15
unaffected
5.10.253 - <= 5.10.*
unaffected
5.15.203 - <= 5.15.*
unaffected
6.1.167 - <= 6.1.*

+5 more versions

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