In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
atm: lec: fix null-ptr-deref in lec_arp_clear_vccs
syzkaller reported a null-ptr-deref in lec_arp_clear_vccs().
This issue can be easily reproduced using the syzkaller reproducer.
In the ATM LANE (LAN Emulation) module, the same atm_vcc can be shared by
multiple lec_arp_table entries (e.g., via entry->vcc or entry->recv_vcc).
When the underlying VCC is closed, lec_vcc_close() iterates over all
ARP entries and calls lec_arp_clear_vccs() for each matched entry.
For example, when lec_vcc_close() iterates through the hlists in
priv->lec_arp_empty_ones or other ARP tables:
1. In the first iteration, for the first matched ARP entry sharing the VCC,
lec_arp_clear_vccs() frees the associated vpriv (which is vcc->user_back)
and sets vcc->user_back to NULL.
2. In the second iteration, for the next matched ARP entry sharing the same
VCC, lec_arp_clear_vccs() is called again. It obtains a NULL vpriv from
vcc->user_back (via LEC_VCC_PRIV(vcc)) and then attempts to dereference it
via `vcc->pop = vpriv->old_pop`, leading to a null-ptr-deref crash.
Fix this by adding a null check for vpriv before dereferencing
it. If vpriv is already NULL, it means the VCC has been cleared
by a previous call, so we can safely skip the cleanup and just
clear the entry's vcc/recv_vcc pointers.
The entire cleanup block (including vcc_release_async()) is placed inside
the vpriv guard because a NULL vpriv indicates the VCC has already been
fully released by a prior iteration — repeating the teardown would
redundantly set flags and trigger callbacks on an already-closing socket.
The Fixes tag points to the initial commit because the entry->vcc path has
been vulnerable since the original code. The entry->recv_vcc path was later
added by commit 8d9f73c0ad2f ("atm: fix a memory leak of vcc->user_back")
with the same pattern, and both paths are fixed here.
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History
29 May 2026, 16:33
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CWE | CWE-476 | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/101bacb303e89dc2e0640ae6a5e0fb97c4eb45bb - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d9f57ea29a1f1772373b98a509b44d49fda609e - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30c9744a989feb22cfbb84170eb0e038a7a2c1da - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f1cfea7921f5c126a441d973690eeba52677b64 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/622062f24644b4536d3f437e0cf7a8c4bb421665 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ea92ab075d809ec8a96669a5ecf00f752057875 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8aff65a82b6389ec674d46e5b3d3ae6f07db5e3e - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9665986eb127290ceb535bd5d04d7a84265d94f - Patch | |
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
18 Apr 2026, 09:16
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| Summary |
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25 Mar 2026, 11:16
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Information
Published : 2026-03-25 11:16
Updated : 2026-05-29 16:33
NVD link : CVE-2026-23286
Mitre link : CVE-2026-23286
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-23286
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
