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GHSA-V66F-JQGM-8687

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-20 09:32 – Updated: 2026-03-20 09:32

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/sched: teql: fix NULL pointer dereference in iptunnel_xmit on TEQL slave xmit

teql_master_xmit() calls netdev_start_xmit(skb, slave) to transmit through slave devices, but does not update skb->dev to the slave device beforehand.

When a gretap tunnel is a TEQL slave, the transmit path reaches iptunnel_xmit() which saves dev = skb->dev (still pointing to teql0 master) and later calls iptunnel_xmit_stats(dev, pkt_len). This function does:

get_cpu_ptr(dev->tstats)

Since teql_master_setup() does not set dev->pcpu_stat_type to NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_TSTATS, the core network stack never allocates tstats for teql0, so dev->tstats is NULL. get_cpu_ptr(NULL) computes NULL + __per_cpu_offset[cpu], resulting in a page fault.

BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffff8880e6659018 #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page PGD 68bc067 P4D 68bc067 PUD 0 Oops: Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI RIP: 0010:iptunnel_xmit (./include/net/ip_tunnels.h:664 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:89) Call Trace: ip_tunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:847) __gre_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:478) gre_tap_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:779) teql_master_xmit (net/sched/sch_teql.c:319) dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887) sch_direct_xmit (net/sched/sch_generic.c:347) __dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4802) neigh_direct_output (net/core/neighbour.c:1660) ip_finish_output2 (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:237) __ip_finish_output.part.0 (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:315) ip_mc_output (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:369) ip_send_skb (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:1508) udp_send_skb (net/ipv4/udp.c:1195) udp_sendmsg (net/ipv4/udp.c:1485) inet_sendmsg (net/ipv4/af_inet.c:859) __sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2206)

Fix this by setting skb->dev = slave before calling netdev_start_xmit(), so that tunnel xmit functions see the correct slave device with properly allocated tstats.

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-23277"
  ],
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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/sched: teql: fix NULL pointer dereference in iptunnel_xmit on TEQL slave xmit\n\nteql_master_xmit() calls netdev_start_xmit(skb, slave) to transmit\nthrough slave devices, but does not update skb-\u003edev to the slave device\nbeforehand.\n\nWhen a gretap tunnel is a TEQL slave, the transmit path reaches\niptunnel_xmit() which saves dev = skb-\u003edev (still pointing to teql0\nmaster) and later calls iptunnel_xmit_stats(dev, pkt_len). This\nfunction does:\n\n    get_cpu_ptr(dev-\u003etstats)\n\nSince teql_master_setup() does not set dev-\u003epcpu_stat_type to\nNETDEV_PCPU_STAT_TSTATS, the core network stack never allocates tstats\nfor teql0, so dev-\u003etstats is NULL. get_cpu_ptr(NULL) computes\nNULL + __per_cpu_offset[cpu], resulting in a page fault.\n\n BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffff8880e6659018\n #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode\n #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page\n PGD 68bc067 P4D 68bc067 PUD 0\n Oops: Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI\n RIP: 0010:iptunnel_xmit (./include/net/ip_tunnels.h:664 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:89)\n Call Trace:\n  \u003cTASK\u003e\n  ip_tunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:847)\n  __gre_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:478)\n  gre_tap_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:779)\n  teql_master_xmit (net/sched/sch_teql.c:319)\n  dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)\n  sch_direct_xmit (net/sched/sch_generic.c:347)\n  __dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4802)\n  neigh_direct_output (net/core/neighbour.c:1660)\n  ip_finish_output2 (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:237)\n  __ip_finish_output.part.0 (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:315)\n  ip_mc_output (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:369)\n  ip_send_skb (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:1508)\n  udp_send_skb (net/ipv4/udp.c:1195)\n  udp_sendmsg (net/ipv4/udp.c:1485)\n  inet_sendmsg (net/ipv4/af_inet.c:859)\n  __sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2206)\n\nFix this by setting skb-\u003edev = slave before calling\nnetdev_start_xmit(), so that tunnel xmit functions see the correct\nslave device with properly allocated tstats.",
  "id": "GHSA-v66f-jqgm-8687",
  "modified": "2026-03-20T09:32:10Z",
  "published": "2026-03-20T09:32:10Z",
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CVE-2026-23277 (GCVE-0-2026-23277)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-20 08:08 – Updated: 2026-03-20 08:08

Title

net/sched: teql: fix NULL pointer dereference in iptunnel_xmit on TEQL slave xmit

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: teql: fix NULL pointer dereference in iptunnel_xmit on TEQL slave xmit teql_master_xmit() calls netdev_start_xmit(skb, slave) to transmit through slave devices, but does not update skb->dev to the slave device beforehand. When a gretap tunnel is a TEQL slave, the transmit path reaches iptunnel_xmit() which saves dev = skb->dev (still pointing to teql0 master) and later calls iptunnel_xmit_stats(dev, pkt_len). This function does: get_cpu_ptr(dev->tstats) Since teql_master_setup() does not set dev->pcpu_stat_type to NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_TSTATS, the core network stack never allocates tstats for teql0, so dev->tstats is NULL. get_cpu_ptr(NULL) computes NULL + __per_cpu_offset[cpu], resulting in a page fault. BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffff8880e6659018 #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page PGD 68bc067 P4D 68bc067 PUD 0 Oops: Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI RIP: 0010:iptunnel_xmit (./include/net/ip_tunnels.h:664 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:89) Call Trace: <TASK> ip_tunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:847) __gre_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:478) gre_tap_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:779) teql_master_xmit (net/sched/sch_teql.c:319) dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887) sch_direct_xmit (net/sched/sch_generic.c:347) __dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4802) neigh_direct_output (net/core/neighbour.c:1660) ip_finish_output2 (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:237) __ip_finish_output.part.0 (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:315) ip_mc_output (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:369) ip_send_skb (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:1508) udp_send_skb (net/ipv4/udp.c:1195) udp_sendmsg (net/ipv4/udp.c:1485) inet_sendmsg (net/ipv4/af_inet.c:859) __sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2206) Fix this by setting skb->dev = slave before calling netdev_start_xmit(), so that tunnel xmit functions see the correct slave device with properly allocated tstats.

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No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

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	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bad9c86edd22dec4…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21ea283c2750c8307…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cc0c2e661af418bb…

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Linux

Affected: 039f50629b7f860f36644ed1f34b27da9aa62f43 , < 0bad9c86edd22dec4df83c2b29872d66fd8a2ff4 (git)
Affected: 039f50629b7f860f36644ed1f34b27da9aa62f43 , < 21ea283c2750c8307aa35ee832b0951cc993c27d (git)
Affected: 039f50629b7f860f36644ed1f34b27da9aa62f43 , < 0cc0c2e661af418bbf7074179ea5cfffc0a5c466 (git)

Linux

Affected: 4.5
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.5 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.19 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.9 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0-rc4 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-V66F-JQGM-8687

CVE-2026-23277 (GCVE-0-2026-23277)

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