Bug 2454807 (CVE-2026-23442) - CVE-2026-23442 kernel: ipv6: add NULL checks for idev in SRv6 paths
Summary: CVE-2026-23442 kernel: ipv6: add NULL checks for idev in SRv6 paths
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-23442
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2026-04-03 16:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-08 09:49 UTC (History)
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:64775 0 None None None 2026-09-08 07:19:40 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:76739 0 None None None 2026-10-08 09:49:42 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:77219 0 None None None 2026-10-08 07:22:54 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-03 16:01:47 UTC
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.

Comment 1 Jon Moroney 2026-04-03 19:29:34 UTC Comment hidden (spam)
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2026-09-08 07:19:39 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:64775 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:64775

Comment 6 Jon Orris 2026-10-08 07:22:53 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:77219 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:77219

Comment 7 Jon Orris 2026-10-08 09:49:41 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:76739 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:76739


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