{"cve":"CVE-2026-23304","nvd":{"published":"2026-03-25T11:16:26.180","modified":"2026-10-15T02:18:48.623","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv6: fix NULL pointer deref in ip6_rt_get_dev_rcu()\n\nl3mdev_master_dev_rcu() can return NULL when the slave device is being\nun-slaved from a VRF. All other callers deal with this, but we lost\nthe fallback to loopback in ip6_rt_pcpu_alloc() -> ip6_rt_get_dev_rcu()\nwith commit 4832c30d5458 (\"net: ipv6: put host and anycast routes on\ndevice with address\").\n\n  KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000108-0x000000000000010f]\n  RIP: 0010:ip6_rt_pcpu_alloc (net/ipv6/route.c:1418)\n  Call Trace:\n   ip6_pol_route (net/ipv6/route.c:2318)\n   fib6_rule_lookup (net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c:115)\n   ip6_route_output_flags (net/ipv6/route.c:2607)\n   vrf_process_v6_outbound (drivers/net/vrf.c:437)\n\nI was tempted to rework the un-slaving code to clear the flag first\nand insert synchronize_rcu() before we remove the upper. But looks like\nthe explicit fallback to loopback_dev is an established pattern.\nAnd I guess avoiding the synchronize_rcu() is nice, too.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b5a7826020706057cc5a9d9009e667027f221ee","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ffb4f5c2ccb2fa1c049dd11899aee7967deef5a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3310fc11fc47387d1dd4759b0bc961643ea11c7f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a48fe59f29f673a3d042d679f26629a9c3e29d4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/581800298313c9fd75e94985e6d37d21b7e35d34"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:26:19.218427112+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-23304","score":0.00134,"percentile":0.02865,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}