Bug 2540516 (CVE-2026-93286) - CVE-2026-93286 kernel: net: appletalk: fix NULL pointer dereference in aarp_send_ddp()
Summary: CVE-2026-93286 kernel: net: appletalk: fix NULL pointer dereference in aarp_s...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-93286
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2026-09-24 17:05 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-28 14:45 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-24 17:05:13 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: appletalk: fix NULL pointer dereference in aarp_send_ddp()

aarp_send_ddp() calls atalk_find_dev_addr(dev) in the LocalTalk fast
path without checking for NULL. When the device has no AppleTalk
interface configured (dev->atalk_ptr == NULL), this leads to a NULL
pointer dereference at the at->s_net access.

 KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
 RIP: 0010:aarp_send_ddp (net/appletalk/aarp.c:552 (discriminator 2))
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  atalk_sendmsg (net/appletalk/ddp.c:1715)
  __sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2265 (discriminator 1))
  __x64_sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2272)
  do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)

Add a NULL check consistent with the other callers of
atalk_find_dev_addr().


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