{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-23381","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-01-13T15:37:46.007Z","datePublished":"2026-03-25T10:28:00.416Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T22:05:46.570Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T22:05:46.570Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: bridge: fix nd_tbl NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled\n\nWhen booting with the 'ipv6.disable=1' parameter, the nd_tbl is never\ninitialized because inet6_init() exits before ndisc_init() is called\nwhich initializes it. Then, if neigh_suppress is enabled and an ICMPv6\nNeighbor Discovery packet reaches the bridge, br_do_suppress_nd() will\ndereference ipv6_stub->nd_tbl which is NULL, passing it to\nneigh_lookup(). This causes a kernel NULL pointer dereference.\n\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000268\n Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI\n [...]\n RIP: 0010:neigh_lookup+0x16/0xe0\n [...]\n Call Trace:\n  <IRQ>\n  ? neigh_lookup+0x16/0xe0\n  br_do_suppress_nd+0x160/0x290 [bridge]\n  br_handle_frame_finish+0x500/0x620 [bridge]\n  br_handle_frame+0x353/0x440 [bridge]\n  __netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0+0x298/0x1110\n  __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x3d/0xa0\n  process_backlog+0xa0/0x140\n  __napi_poll+0x2c/0x170\n  net_rx_action+0x2c4/0x3a0\n  handle_softirqs+0xd0/0x270\n  do_softirq+0x3f/0x60\n\nFix this by replacing IS_ENABLED(IPV6) call with ipv6_mod_enabled() in\nthe callers. This is in essence disabling NS/NA suppression when IPv6 is\ndisabled."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/bridge/br_device.c","net/bridge/br_input.c"],"versions":[{"version":"ed842faeb2bd49256f00485402f3113205f91d30","lessThan":"a9d712ccfeef737c0e700a4b5b98f310e07b6b60","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"ed842faeb2bd49256f00485402f3113205f91d30","lessThan":"a5c56e65b685360dd3f2278aeff8c21061feb665","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"ed842faeb2bd49256f00485402f3113205f91d30","lessThan":"7a894eb5de246d79f13105c55a67381039a24d44","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"ed842faeb2bd49256f00485402f3113205f91d30","lessThan":"a12cdaa3375f0bd3c8f4e564be7c143529abfe5b","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"ed842faeb2bd49256f00485402f3113205f91d30","lessThan":"aa73deb3b6b730ec280d45b3f423bfa9e17bc122","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"ed842faeb2bd49256f00485402f3113205f91d30","lessThan":"33dec6f10777d5a8f71c0a200f690da5ae3c2e55","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"ed842faeb2bd49256f00485402f3113205f91d30","lessThan":"20ef5c25422f97dd09d751e5ae6c18406cdc78e6","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"ed842faeb2bd49256f00485402f3113205f91d30","lessThan":"e5e890630533bdc15b26a34bb8e7ef539bdf1322","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/bridge/br_device.c","net/bridge/br_input.c"],"versions":[{"version":"4.15","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"4.15","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.253","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.203","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.167","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.130","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.77","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.17","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.19.7","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.0","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.15","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.253"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.15","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.203"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.167"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.130"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.77"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.17"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.19.7"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.15","versionEndExcluding":"7.0"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9d712ccfeef737c0e700a4b5b98f310e07b6b60"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5c56e65b685360dd3f2278aeff8c21061feb665"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a894eb5de246d79f13105c55a67381039a24d44"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a12cdaa3375f0bd3c8f4e564be7c143529abfe5b"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa73deb3b6b730ec280d45b3f423bfa9e17bc122"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33dec6f10777d5a8f71c0a200f690da5ae3c2e55"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20ef5c25422f97dd09d751e5ae6c18406cdc78e6"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5e890630533bdc15b26a34bb8e7ef539bdf1322"}],"title":"net: bridge: fix nd_tbl NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}