{"cve":"CVE-2026-23439","nvd":{"published":"2026-04-03T16:16:25.737","modified":"2026-10-15T02:18:56.773","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nudp_tunnel: fix NULL deref caused by udp_sock_create6 when CONFIG_IPV6=n\n\nWhen CONFIG_IPV6 is disabled, the udp_sock_create6() function returns 0\n(success) without actually creating a socket. Callers such as\nfou_create() then proceed to dereference the uninitialized socket\npointer, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference.\n\nThe captured NULL deref crash:\n  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000018\n  RIP: 0010:fou_nl_add_doit (net/ipv4/fou_core.c:590 net/ipv4/fou_core.c:764)\n  [...]\n  Call Trace:\n    <TASK>\n    genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.constprop.0 (net/netlink/genetlink.c:1114)\n    genl_rcv_msg (net/netlink/genetlink.c:1194 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1209)\n    [...]\n    netlink_rcv_skb (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550)\n    genl_rcv (net/netlink/genetlink.c:1219)\n    netlink_unicast (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344)\n    netlink_sendmsg (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894)\n    __sock_sendmsg (net/socket.c:727 (discriminator 1) net/socket.c:742 (discriminator 1))\n    __sys_sendto (./include/linux/file.h:62 (discriminator 1) ./include/linux/file.h:83 (discriminator 1) net/socket.c:2183 (discriminator 1))\n    __x64_sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2213 (discriminator 1) net/socket.c:2209 (discriminator 1) net/socket.c:2209 (discriminator 1))\n    do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 (discriminator 1) arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 (discriminator 1))\n    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (net/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)\n\nThis patch makes udp_sock_create6 return -EPFNOSUPPORT instead, so\ncallers correctly take their error paths. There is only one caller of\nthe vulnerable function and only privileged users can trigger it.","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/003343985f26dfefd0c94b1fe1316a2de74428b9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12aa4b73a67d95bc739995a2d6943aec2f9785c9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66117dbb3dbae82f86735bf727b1d59cc677afa1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f036aa0fe46c19e938f03d10e02c23f4fffae5e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a05a2149386f6dfb4245f522acdbef892acafc84"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:28:59.047572785+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-23439","score":0.00129,"percentile":0.02496,"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."]}