CVE-2026-43099
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv4: icmp: fix null-ptr-deref in icmp_build_probe() ipv6_stub->ipv6_dev_find() may return ERR_PTR(-EAFNOSUPPORT) when the IPv6 stack is not active (CONFIG_IPV6=m and not loaded), and…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv4: icmp: fix null-ptr-deref in icmp_build_probe() ipv6_stub->ipv6_dev_find() may return ERR_PTR(-EAFNOSUPPORT) when the IPv6 stack is not active (CONFIG_IPV6=m and not loaded), and passing this error pointer to dev_hold() will cause a kernel crash with null-ptr-deref. Instead, silently discard the request. RFC 8335 does not appear to define a specific response for the case where an IPv6 interface identifier is syntactically valid but the implementation cannot perform the lookup at runtime, and silently dropping the request may safer than misreporting "No Such Interface".
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.49% probability · 41th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f21bc261e60f0c696c58841c4873ff77ed83673
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47a8bf52156ac7e7a581eca31c1f964ba4258d4dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b9911582d441f72fe6ccb15ffe3303bbc07f6f5Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6be325206850a0891896d38bcf83a09d8b54ec48Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc5db4db19766a61ad65d81d1f55b1c1e51ba78d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f91b3ed9e7fa82a70511b5f6901c88379acf2964Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fde29fd9349327acc50d19a0b5f3d5a6c964dfd8Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.