CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64116

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.51%

41th percentile - higher than 41% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the ipv6_hop_ioam() function lacked a NULL check for the pointer returned by __in6_dev_get(). During network interface teardown, this pointer can be NULL, leading to a NULL pointer dereference when processing an IOAM Hop-by-Hop option.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a kernel panic (denial of service) by sending a crafted IPv6 packet with an IOAM option while a network interface is being removed.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that adds a NULL check for idev and uses SKB_DROP_REASON_IPV6DISABLED accordingly.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: ioam: add NULL check for idev in ipv6_hop_ioam() Reported by Sashiko: The function ipv6_hop_ioam() accesses __in6_dev_get(skb->dev)->cnf.ioam6_enabled without validating the returned idev pointer. Because addrconf_ifdown() can concurrently clear dev->ip6_ptr via RCU, __in6_dev_get() can return NULL during interface teardown, which could cause a NULL pointer dereference when processing an IOAM Hop-by-Hop option. Let's add a check and use SKB_DROP_REASON_IPV6DISABLED accordingly.

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