Bug 2481868 (CVE-2026-45846) - CVE-2026-45846 kernel: bareudp: fix NULL pointer dereference in bareudp_fill_metadata_dst()
Summary: CVE-2026-45846 kernel: bareudp: fix NULL pointer dereference in bareudp_fill_...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-45846
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: 2026-05-27 11:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-27 12:20 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-27 11:01:38 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bareudp: fix NULL pointer dereference in bareudp_fill_metadata_dst()

bareudp_fill_metadata_dst() passes bareudp->sock to
udp_tunnel6_dst_lookup() in the IPv6 path without a NULL check.
The socket is only created in bareudp_open() and NULLed in
bareudp_stop(), so calling this function while the device is down
triggers a NULL dereference via sock->sk.

 BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000018
 RIP: 0010:udp_tunnel6_dst_lookup (net/ipv6/ip6_udp_tunnel.c:160)
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  bareudp_fill_metadata_dst (drivers/net/bareudp.c:532)
  do_execute_actions (net/openvswitch/actions.c:901)
  ovs_execute_actions (net/openvswitch/actions.c:1589)
  ovs_packet_cmd_execute (net/openvswitch/datapath.c:700)
  genl_family_rcv_msg_doit (net/netlink/genetlink.c:1114)
  genl_rcv_msg (net/netlink/genetlink.c:1209)
  netlink_rcv_skb (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550)
  </TASK>

Add a NULL check returning -ESHUTDOWN, consistent with the xmit paths
in the same driver.


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