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CVE-2026-64545

net, bpf: check master for NULL in xdp_master_redirect()

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, and 1 more
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net, bpf: check master for NULL in xdp_master_redirect() xdp_master_redirect() dereferences the result of netdev_master_upper_dev_get_rcu() without a NULL check, but that helper returns NULL when the receiving device has no upper-master adjacency. The reach guard only checks netif_is_bond_slave(). On bond slave release bond_upper_dev_unlink() drops the upper-master adjacency before clearing IFF_SLAVE, so an XDP_TX reaching xdp_master_redirect() in that window still passes netif_is_bond_slave() while master is already NULL, and faults on master->flags at offset 0xb0: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000b0 RIP: 0010:xdp_master_redirect (net/core/filter.c:4432) Call Trace: xdp_master_redirect (net/core/filter.c:4432) bpf_prog_run_generic_xdp (include/net/xdp.h:700) do_xdp_generic (net/core/dev.c:5608) __netif_receive_skb_one_core (net/core/dev.c:6204) process_backlog (net/core/dev.c:6319) __napi_poll (net/core/dev.c:7729) net_rx_action (net/core/dev.c:7792) handle_softirqs (kernel/softirq.c:622) __dev_queue_xmit (include/linux/bottom_half.h:33) packet_sendmsg (net/packet/af_packet.c:3082) __sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2252) Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt The missing check dates back to the original code; commit 1921f91298d1 ("net, bpf: fix null-ptr-deref in xdp_master_redirect() for down master") later added the master->flags read where the fault now lands but kept the unconditional deref. Check master for NULL before use; a NULL master is treated the same as one that is not up.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

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Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From 879af96ffd72706c6e3278ea6b45b0b0e37ec5d7 · fixed in c99ca049e910d61ddbd28cc2c47242f2bfbb4970; From 879af96ffd72706c6e3278ea6b45b0b0e37ec5d7 · fixed in e2a56441233131fe18a76001de347ecda217e40c; From 879af96ffd72706c6e3278ea6b45b0b0e37ec5d7 · fixed in 3876318ea54e83eb70982b8280a3c5e4e32269bf; From 879af96ffd72706c6e3278ea6b45b0b0e37ec5d7 · fixed in 4edbcacca09f92b85d3951b6add11894b20a84bc; From 879af96ffd72706c6e3278ea6b45b0b0e37ec5d7 · fixed in 03b743586a2469744e96e9c1015096d07240935d; From 879af96ffd72706c6e3278ea6b45b0b0e37ec5d7 · fixed in 89c103d702b25ceb2d097faf854deb47b53b17ff; From 879af96ffd72706c6e3278ea6b45b0b0e37ec5d7 · fixed in e82d8cc4321c373dc46e741cd2dfdaa7921fddb7

  • Linux Linux

    5.15

  • KernelLinux

    From 5.15.0 · fixed in 5.15.212; From 5.16.0 · fixed in 6.1.178; From 6.2.0 · fixed in 6.6.145; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.97; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.40; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 7.1.5

References 7

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