GHSA-VQ8H-GHH5-4H7F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-06 12:30 – Updated: 2026-05-08 15:31
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

udplite: Fix null-ptr-deref in __udp_enqueue_schedule_skb().

syzbot reported null-ptr-deref of udp_sk(sk)->udp_prod_queue. [0]

Since the cited commit, udp_lib_init_sock() can fail, as can udp_init_sock() and udpv6_init_sock().

Let's handle the error in udplite_sk_init() and udplitev6_sk_init().

[0]: BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:82 [inline] BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in atomic_read include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:32 [inline] BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in __udp_enqueue_schedule_skb+0x151/0x1480 net/ipv4/udp.c:1719 Read of size 4 at addr 0000000000000008 by task syz.2.18/2944

CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 2944 Comm: syz.2.18 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPTLAZY Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120 kasan_report+0xa2/0xe0 mm/kasan/report.c:595 check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:-1 [inline] kasan_check_range+0x264/0x2c0 mm/kasan/generic.c:200 instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:82 [inline] atomic_read include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:32 [inline] __udp_enqueue_schedule_skb+0x151/0x1480 net/ipv4/udp.c:1719 __udpv6_queue_rcv_skb net/ipv6/udp.c:795 [inline] udpv6_queue_rcv_one_skb+0xa2e/0x1ad0 net/ipv6/udp.c:906 udp6_unicast_rcv_skb+0x227/0x380 net/ipv6/udp.c:1064 ip6_protocol_deliver_rcu+0xe17/0x1540 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:438 ip6_input_finish+0x191/0x350 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:489 NF_HOOK+0x354/0x3f0 include/linux/netfilter.h:318 ip6_input+0x16c/0x2b0 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:500 NF_HOOK+0x354/0x3f0 include/linux/netfilter.h:318 __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:6149 [inline] __netif_receive_skb+0xd3/0x370 net/core/dev.c:6262 process_backlog+0x4d6/0x1160 net/core/dev.c:6614 __napi_poll+0xae/0x320 net/core/dev.c:7678 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:7741 [inline] net_rx_action+0x60d/0xdc0 net/core/dev.c:7893 handle_softirqs+0x209/0x8d0 kernel/softirq.c:622 do_softirq+0x52/0x90 kernel/softirq.c:523 __local_bh_enable_ip+0xe7/0x120 kernel/softirq.c:450 local_bh_enable include/linux/bottom_half.h:33 [inline] rcu_read_unlock_bh include/linux/rcupdate.h:924 [inline] __dev_queue_xmit+0x109c/0x2dc0 net/core/dev.c:4856 __ip6_finish_output net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:-1 [inline] ip6_finish_output+0x158/0x4e0 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:219 NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:307 [inline] ip6_output+0x342/0x580 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:246 ip6_send_skb+0x1d7/0x3c0 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1984 udp_v6_send_skb+0x9a5/0x1770 net/ipv6/udp.c:1442 udp_v6_push_pending_frames+0xa2/0x140 net/ipv6/udp.c:1469 udpv6_sendmsg+0xfe0/0x2830 net/ipv6/udp.c:1759 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:727 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0xe5/0x270 net/socket.c:742 __sys_sendto+0x3eb/0x580 net/socket.c:2206 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2213 [inline] __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2209 [inline] __x64_sys_sendto+0xde/0x100 net/socket.c:2209 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xd2/0xf20 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e RIP: 0033:0x7f67b4d9c629 Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007f67b5c98028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f67b5015fa0 RCX: 00007f67b4d9c629 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 00007f67b4e32b39 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000040000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007f67b5016038 R14: 00007f67b5015fa0 R15: 00007ffe3cb66dd8

Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-43164"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-476"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-05-06T12:16:34Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nudplite: Fix null-ptr-deref in __udp_enqueue_schedule_skb().\n\nsyzbot reported null-ptr-deref of udp_sk(sk)-\u003eudp_prod_queue. [0]\n\nSince the cited commit, udp_lib_init_sock() can fail, as can\nudp_init_sock() and udpv6_init_sock().\n\nLet\u0027s handle the error in udplite_sk_init() and udplitev6_sk_init().\n\n[0]:\nBUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:82 [inline]\nBUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in atomic_read include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:32 [inline]\nBUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in __udp_enqueue_schedule_skb+0x151/0x1480 net/ipv4/udp.c:1719\nRead of size 4 at addr 0000000000000008 by task syz.2.18/2944\n\nCPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 2944 Comm: syz.2.18 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPTLAZY\nHardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025\nCall Trace:\n \u003cIRQ\u003e\n dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120\n kasan_report+0xa2/0xe0 mm/kasan/report.c:595\n check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:-1 [inline]\n kasan_check_range+0x264/0x2c0 mm/kasan/generic.c:200\n instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:82 [inline]\n atomic_read include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:32 [inline]\n __udp_enqueue_schedule_skb+0x151/0x1480 net/ipv4/udp.c:1719\n __udpv6_queue_rcv_skb net/ipv6/udp.c:795 [inline]\n udpv6_queue_rcv_one_skb+0xa2e/0x1ad0 net/ipv6/udp.c:906\n udp6_unicast_rcv_skb+0x227/0x380 net/ipv6/udp.c:1064\n ip6_protocol_deliver_rcu+0xe17/0x1540 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:438\n ip6_input_finish+0x191/0x350 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:489\n NF_HOOK+0x354/0x3f0 include/linux/netfilter.h:318\n ip6_input+0x16c/0x2b0 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:500\n NF_HOOK+0x354/0x3f0 include/linux/netfilter.h:318\n __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:6149 [inline]\n __netif_receive_skb+0xd3/0x370 net/core/dev.c:6262\n process_backlog+0x4d6/0x1160 net/core/dev.c:6614\n __napi_poll+0xae/0x320 net/core/dev.c:7678\n napi_poll net/core/dev.c:7741 [inline]\n net_rx_action+0x60d/0xdc0 net/core/dev.c:7893\n handle_softirqs+0x209/0x8d0 kernel/softirq.c:622\n do_softirq+0x52/0x90 kernel/softirq.c:523\n \u003c/IRQ\u003e\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n __local_bh_enable_ip+0xe7/0x120 kernel/softirq.c:450\n local_bh_enable include/linux/bottom_half.h:33 [inline]\n rcu_read_unlock_bh include/linux/rcupdate.h:924 [inline]\n __dev_queue_xmit+0x109c/0x2dc0 net/core/dev.c:4856\n __ip6_finish_output net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:-1 [inline]\n ip6_finish_output+0x158/0x4e0 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:219\n NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:307 [inline]\n ip6_output+0x342/0x580 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:246\n ip6_send_skb+0x1d7/0x3c0 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1984\n udp_v6_send_skb+0x9a5/0x1770 net/ipv6/udp.c:1442\n udp_v6_push_pending_frames+0xa2/0x140 net/ipv6/udp.c:1469\n udpv6_sendmsg+0xfe0/0x2830 net/ipv6/udp.c:1759\n sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:727 [inline]\n __sock_sendmsg+0xe5/0x270 net/socket.c:742\n __sys_sendto+0x3eb/0x580 net/socket.c:2206\n __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2213 [inline]\n __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2209 [inline]\n __x64_sys_sendto+0xde/0x100 net/socket.c:2209\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xd2/0xf20 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\nRIP: 0033:0x7f67b4d9c629\nCode: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 \u003c48\u003e 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48\nRSP: 002b:00007f67b5c98028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c\nRAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f67b5015fa0 RCX: 00007f67b4d9c629\nRDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000003\nRBP: 00007f67b4e32b39 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000\nR10: 0000000000040000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000\nR13: 00007f67b5016038 R14: 00007f67b5015fa0 R15: 00007ffe3cb66dd8\n \u003c/TASK\u003e",
  "id": "GHSA-vq8h-ghh5-4h7f",
  "modified": "2026-05-08T15:31:16Z",
  "published": "2026-05-06T12:30:31Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43164"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f13fa087ead642ea1eb5fdb6eb092c913ef06b7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/470c7ca2b4c3e3a51feeb952b7f97a775b5c49cd"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f27030ac5bef47d997cfac05a3d188aa69f4df7f"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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