CVE-2026-43101 (GCVE-0-2026-43101)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-06 07:40 – Updated: 2026-05-06 07:40
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Title
ipv6: ioam: fix potential NULL dereferences in __ioam6_fill_trace_data()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: ioam: fix potential NULL dereferences in __ioam6_fill_trace_data() We need to check __in6_dev_get() for possible NULL value, as suggested by Yiming Qian. Also add skb_dst_dev_rcu() instead of skb_dst_dev(), and two missing READ_ONCE(). Note that @dev can't be NULL.
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Linux Linux Affected: 9ee11f0fff205b4b3df9750bff5e94f97c71b6a0 , < 4198aab6f000b4febb18ea820fea20634dd789c7 (git)
Affected: 9ee11f0fff205b4b3df9750bff5e94f97c71b6a0 , < 3719c234fa94c37c955b1ecd3742ef280ec135e6 (git)
Affected: 9ee11f0fff205b4b3df9750bff5e94f97c71b6a0 , < 4e65a8b8daa18d63255ec58964dd192c7fdd9f8b (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 5.15
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.15 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.24 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.14 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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