Bug 2451220 (CVE-2026-23381) - CVE-2026-23381 kernel: net: bridge: fix nd_tbl NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled
Summary: CVE-2026-23381 kernel: net: bridge: fix nd_tbl NULL dereference when IPv6 is ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-23381
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-03-25 11:05 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-03-25 15:09 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-03-25 11:05:26 UTC
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 a kernel NULL pointer dereference.

 BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000268
 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
 [...]
 RIP: 0010:neigh_lookup+0x16/0xe0
 [...]
 Call Trace:
  <IRQ>
  ? neigh_lookup+0x16/0xe0
  br_do_suppress_nd+0x160/0x290 [bridge]
  br_handle_frame_finish+0x500/0x620 [bridge]
  br_handle_frame+0x353/0x440 [bridge]
  __netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0+0x298/0x1110
  __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x3d/0xa0
  process_backlog+0xa0/0x140
  __napi_poll+0x2c/0x170
  net_rx_action+0x2c4/0x3a0
  handle_softirqs+0xd0/0x270
  do_softirq+0x3f/0x60

Fix this by replacing IS_ENABLED(IPV6) call with ipv6_mod_enabled() in
the callers. This is in essence disabling NS/NA suppression when IPv6 is
disabled.


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