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CVE-2026-23304 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: fix NULL pointer deref in ip6_rt_get_dev_rcu() l3mdev_master_dev_rcu() can return NULL when the slave device is being un-slaved from a VRF. All other callers deal with this, but we lost the fallback to loopback in ip6_rt_pcpu_alloc() -> ip6_rt_get_dev_rcu() with commit 4832c30d5458 ("net: ipv6: put host and anycast routes on device with address"). KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000108-0x000000000000010f] RIP: 0010:ip6_rt_pcpu_alloc (net/ipv6/route.c:1418) Call Trace: ip6_pol_route (net/ipv6/route.c:2318) fib6_rule_lookup (net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c:115) ip6_route_output_flags (net/ipv6/route.c:2607) vrf_process_v6_outbound (drivers/net/vrf.c:437) I was tempted to rework the un-slaving code to clear the flag first and insert synchronize_rcu() before we remove the upper. But looks like the explicit fallback to loopback_dev is an established pattern. And I guess avoiding the synchronize_rcu() is nice, too.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b5a7826020706057cc5a9d9009e667027f221ee kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ffb4f5c2ccb2fa1c049dd11899aee7967deef5a kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3310fc11fc47387d1dd4759b0bc961643ea11c7f kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a48fe59f29f673a3d042d679f26629a9c3e29d4 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/581800298313c9fd75e94985e6d37d21b7e35d34 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae88c8256547b63980770a9ea7be73a15900d27e kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-23304
NVD Published Date:
03/25/2026
NVD Last Modified:
03/25/2026
Source:
kernel.org