{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-23398","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-01-13T15:37:46.012Z","datePublished":"2026-03-26T10:22:50.606Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T22:06:08.296Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T22:06:08.296Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nicmp: fix NULL pointer dereference in icmp_tag_validation()\n\nicmp_tag_validation() unconditionally dereferences the result of\nrcu_dereference(inet_protos[proto]) without checking for NULL.\nThe inet_protos[] array is sparse -- only about 15 of 256 protocol\nnumbers have registered handlers. When ip_no_pmtu_disc is set to 3\n(hardened PMTU mode) and the kernel receives an ICMP Fragmentation\nNeeded error with a quoted inner IP header containing an unregistered\nprotocol number, the NULL dereference causes a kernel panic in\nsoftirq context.\n\n Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000002: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI\n KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000010-0x0000000000000017]\n RIP: 0010:icmp_unreach (net/ipv4/icmp.c:1085 net/ipv4/icmp.c:1143)\n Call Trace:\n  <IRQ>\n  icmp_rcv (net/ipv4/icmp.c:1527)\n  ip_protocol_deliver_rcu (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:207)\n  ip_local_deliver_finish (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:242)\n  ip_local_deliver (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:262)\n  ip_rcv (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:573)\n  __netif_receive_skb_one_core (net/core/dev.c:6164)\n  process_backlog (net/core/dev.c:6628)\n  handle_softirqs (kernel/softirq.c:561)\n  </IRQ>\n\nAdd a NULL check before accessing icmp_strict_tag_validation. If the\nprotocol has no registered handler, return false since it cannot\nperform strict tag validation."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/ipv4/icmp.c"],"versions":[{"version":"8ed1dc44d3e9e8387a104b1ae8f92e9a3fbf1b1e","lessThan":"571d9d7b650f02d1e38c01128817868bceac9edd","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"8ed1dc44d3e9e8387a104b1ae8f92e9a3fbf1b1e","lessThan":"d783fa413c702ff0f8f8bea63f862e28eeaf39e3","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"8ed1dc44d3e9e8387a104b1ae8f92e9a3fbf1b1e","lessThan":"1f9f2c6d4b2a613b7756fc5679c5116ba2ca0161","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"8ed1dc44d3e9e8387a104b1ae8f92e9a3fbf1b1e","lessThan":"b61529c357f1ee4d64836eb142a542d2e7ad67ce","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"8ed1dc44d3e9e8387a104b1ae8f92e9a3fbf1b1e","lessThan":"9647e99d2a617c355d2b378be0ff6d0e848fd579","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"8ed1dc44d3e9e8387a104b1ae8f92e9a3fbf1b1e","lessThan":"d938dd5a0ad780c891ea3bc94cae7405f11e618a","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"8ed1dc44d3e9e8387a104b1ae8f92e9a3fbf1b1e","lessThan":"1e4e2f5e48cec0cccaea9815fb9486c084ba41e2","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"8ed1dc44d3e9e8387a104b1ae8f92e9a3fbf1b1e","lessThan":"614aefe56af8e13331e50220c936fc0689cf5675","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/ipv4/icmp.c"],"versions":[{"version":"3.14","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"3.14","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":"6.12.78","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.20","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.19.10","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":"3.14","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.253"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.14","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.203"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.14","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.167"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.14","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.130"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.14","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.78"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.14","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.20"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.14","versionEndExcluding":"6.19.10"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.14","versionEndExcluding":"7.0"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/571d9d7b650f02d1e38c01128817868bceac9edd"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d783fa413c702ff0f8f8bea63f862e28eeaf39e3"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f9f2c6d4b2a613b7756fc5679c5116ba2ca0161"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b61529c357f1ee4d64836eb142a542d2e7ad67ce"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9647e99d2a617c355d2b378be0ff6d0e848fd579"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d938dd5a0ad780c891ea3bc94cae7405f11e618a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e4e2f5e48cec0cccaea9815fb9486c084ba41e2"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/614aefe56af8e13331e50220c936fc0689cf5675"}],"title":"icmp: fix NULL pointer dereference in icmp_tag_validation()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}