CVE-2026-23381 (GCVE-0-2026-23381)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-25 10:28 – Updated: 2026-03-25 10:28
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Title
net: bridge: fix nd_tbl NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled
Summary
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.
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Linux Linux Affected: ed842faeb2bd49256f00485402f3113205f91d30 , < 7a894eb5de246d79f13105c55a67381039a24d44 (git)
Affected: ed842faeb2bd49256f00485402f3113205f91d30 , < a12cdaa3375f0bd3c8f4e564be7c143529abfe5b (git)
Affected: ed842faeb2bd49256f00485402f3113205f91d30 , < aa73deb3b6b730ec280d45b3f423bfa9e17bc122 (git)
Affected: ed842faeb2bd49256f00485402f3113205f91d30 , < 33dec6f10777d5a8f71c0a200f690da5ae3c2e55 (git)
Affected: ed842faeb2bd49256f00485402f3113205f91d30 , < 20ef5c25422f97dd09d751e5ae6c18406cdc78e6 (git)
Affected: ed842faeb2bd49256f00485402f3113205f91d30 , < e5e890630533bdc15b26a34bb8e7ef539bdf1322 (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 4.15
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.15 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.167 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.130 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.77 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.17 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.7 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0-rc3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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