CVE-2026-23381Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.94%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMar 25

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

Affected Packages5 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel4.15.06.1.167+4
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.19.8-1
CVEListV5linux/linuxed842faeb2bd49256f00485402f3113205f91d307a894eb5de246d79f13105c55a67381039a24d44+6
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.19.8-1 (forky)

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
CVE-2026-23381: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bridge: fix nd_tbl NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled When booting with t2026-03-25
OSV
net: bridge: fix nd_tbl NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled2026-03-25
GHSA
GHSA-vm87-vmvc-9c38: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bridge: fix nd_tbl NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled When booting with2026-03-25

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
kernel: net: bridge: fix nd_tbl NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled2026-03-25
Microsoft
net: bridge: fix nd_tbl NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled2026-03-10
Debian
CVE-2026-23381: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bridge...2026

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2026-23381 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz