In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: Fix a potential NPD in cleanup_prefix_route()
addrconf_get_prefix_route() can return the fib6_null_entry sentinel
entry which has a NULL fib6_table pointer. Therefore, before setting the
route's expiration time, check that we are not working with this entry,
as otherwise a NPD will be triggered [1].
Note that the other callers of addrconf_get_prefix_route() are not
susceptible to this bug:
1. addrconf_prefix_rcv(): Requests a route with the 'RTF_ADDRCONF |
RTF_PREFIX_RT' flags which are not set on fib6_null_entry.
2. modify_prefix_route(): Fixed by commit a747e02430df ("ipv6: avoid
possible NULL deref in modify_prefix_route()").
3. __ipv6_ifa_notify(): Calls ip6_del_rt() which specifically checks for
fib6_null_entry and returns an error.
[1]
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000006: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000030-0x0000000000000037]
[...]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__kasan_check_byte (mm/kasan/common.c:573)
lock_acquire.part.0 (kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5842 (discriminator 1))
_raw_spin_lock_bh (kernel/locking/spinlock.c:182 (discriminator 1))
cleanup_prefix_route (net/ipv6/addrconf.c:1280)
ipv6_del_addr (net/ipv6/addrconf.c:1342)
inet6_addr_del.isra.0 (net/ipv6/addrconf.c:3119)
inet6_rtm_deladdr (net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4812)
rtnetlink_rcv_msg (net/core/rtnetlink.c:6997)
netlink_rcv_skb (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2555)
netlink_unicast (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344)
netlink_sendmsg (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1899)
__sock_sendmsg (net/socket.c:802 (discriminator 4))
____sys_sendmsg (net/socket.c:2698)
___sys_sendmsg (net/socket.c:2752)
__sys_sendmsg (net/socket.c:2784)
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)
References
Configurations
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History
02 Jul 2026, 20:52
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| First Time |
Linux linux Kernel
Linux |
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| CWE | CWE-476 | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07d9a0870a178843cea44cfd58c27445dc94cf5f - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/192df376a05c2db15564640f9da7e20907c1fa24 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f82b02b4059ddc06e4fcfd057bfb59fd6885cd2 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/653a2849305708f75260b5296f17b2a759ff9cc7 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b70c687b7cf267fb08586667a3946c8851cad672 - Patch |
25 Jun 2026, 09:16
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-06-25 09:16
Updated : 2026-07-02 20:52
NVD link : CVE-2026-53214
Mitre link : CVE-2026-53214
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-53214
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference