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CVE-2026-23442

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2026-04-03 Modified: 2026-07-24

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: add NULL checks for idev in SRv6 paths __in6_dev_get() can return NULL when the device has no IPv6 configuration (e.g. MTU < IPV6_MIN_MTU or after NETDEV_UNREGISTER). Add NULL checks for idev returned by __in6_dev_get() in both seg6_hmac_validate_skb() and ipv6_srh_rcv() to prevent potential NULL pointer dereferences.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-476

References