ipv6: add NULL checks for idev in SRv6 paths (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-23442
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.13 % · percentile 3 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: add NULL checks for idev in SRv6 paths __in6_dev_get() can return NULL when the device has no IPv6 configuration (e.g. MTU < IPV6_MIN_MTU or after NETDEV_UNREGISTER). Add NULL checks for idev returned by __in6_dev_get() in both seg6_hmac_validate_skb() and ipv6_srh_rcv() to prevent potential NULL pointer dereferences.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62 < 0348fa0ada37cef7c6b5ab2a428bb2c6aee784e4 ; affected 1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62 < 83d705d35e583cb1b1eacf196dfe7b77d442018e ; affected 1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62 < d1bd8b9edc6752d10f84d28ff64f842401ce336d ; affected 1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62 < 50352fc103928e10e8729abc79a0d05abef26c4d ; affected 1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62 < bc9843c39f9932a8b36efd1d362ea00bb88e4e78 ; affected 1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62 < c5cedee5d97382176573bbe21e1724e737a5eb64
Linux · Linuxaffected 4.10 ; unaffected 0 < 4.10 ; unaffected 5.10.258 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.209 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.175 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.136 ≤ 6.6.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD