CVE-2026-23381

MEDIUM

net: bridge: fix nd_tbl NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 3.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (27)
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 6.1.167linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.17linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 6.19.7linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.130linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.77linux
Linux/Linux < 4.15
Linux/Linux 4.15
Linux/Linux 5.10.253 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.203 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.167 - 6.1.*
... and 17 more
Published Mar 25, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 25, 2026