# CVE-2025-22103: net: fix NULL pointer dereference in l3mdev\_l3\_rcv

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-04-16 · Updated: 2026-09-14

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.1

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fix NULL pointer dereference in l3mdev_l3_rcv When delete l3s ipvlan: ip link del link eth0 ipvlan1 type ipvlan mode l3s This may cause a null pointer dereference: Call trace: ip_rcv_finish+0x48/0xd0 ip_rcv+0x5c/0x100 __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x64/0xb0 __netif_receive_skb+0x20/0x80 process_backlog+0xb4/0x204 napi_poll+0xe8/0x294 net_rx_action+0xd8/0x22c __do_softirq+0x12c/0x354 This is because l3mdev_l3_rcv() visit dev->l3mdev_ops after ipvlan_l3s_unregister() assign the dev->l3mdev_ops to NULL. The process like this: (CPU1) | (CPU2) l3mdev_l3_rcv() | check dev->priv_flags: | master = skb->dev; | | | ipvlan_l3s_unregister() | set dev->priv_flags | dev->l3mdev_ops = NULL; | visit master->l3mdev_ops | To avoid this by do not set dev->l3mdev_ops when unregister l3s ipvlan.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1da52878f7fb74ace304f74325bb89e3e5546b55
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d97d6b1bd2b7f2a188d261d44c4519a13b8c406a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8da4d7f9141e8dbd3ece2f0e6930a0ea8812c862
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52b44d8c653459c658b733d13658afdde45f6836
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59599bce44af3df7a215ebc81cb166426e1c9204
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9dff65140efc289f01bcf39c3ca66a8806b6132
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0032c99e83b9ce6d5995d65900aa4b6ffb501cce

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