{"id":"CVE-2026-53214","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv6: Fix a potential NPD in cleanup_prefix_route()\n\naddrconf_get_prefix_route() can return the fib6_null_entry sentinel\nentry which has a NULL fib6_table pointer","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv6: Fix a potential NPD in cleanup_prefix_route()\n\naddrconf_get_prefix_route() can return the fib6_null_entry sentinel\nentry which has a NULL fib6_table pointer. Ther…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-476"],"vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel >= 6.6.120, < 6.6.143","linux_kernel >= 6.9, < 6.12.94","linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.18.36","linux_kernel >= 6.19, < 7.0.13","linux_kernel = 7.1"],"patched":["linux_kernel 7.0.13"],"published":"2026-06-25","updated":"2026-07-02","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53214","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07d9a0870a178843cea44cfd58c27445dc94cf5f","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/192df376a05c2db15564640f9da7e20907c1fa24","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f82b02b4059ddc06e4fcfd057bfb59fd6885cd2","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/653a2849305708f75260b5296f17b2a759ff9cc7","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b70c687b7cf267fb08586667a3946c8851cad672","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00122,"epssPercentile":0.0172,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-03T13:02:28.044Z","slug":"CVE-2026-53214","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv6: Fix a potential NPD in cleanup_prefix_route()\n\naddrconf_get_prefix_route() can return the fib6_null_entry sentinel\nentry which has a NULL fib6_table pointer. Therefore, before setting the\nroute's expiration time, check that we are not working with this entry,\nas otherwise a NPD will be triggered [1].\n\nNote that the other callers of addrconf_get_prefix_route() are not\nsusceptible to this bug:\n\n1. addrconf_prefix_rcv(): Requests a route with the 'RTF_ADDRCONF |\n   RTF_PREFIX_RT' flags which are not set on fib6_null_entry.\n\n2. modify_prefix_route(): Fixed by commit a747e02430df (\"ipv6: avoid\n   possible NULL deref in modify_prefix_route()\").\n\n3. __ipv6_ifa_notify(): Calls ip6_del_rt() which specifically checks for\n   fib6_null_entry and returns an error.\n\n[1]\nOops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000006: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN\nKASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000030-0x0000000000000037]\n[...]\nCall Trace:\n<TASK>\n__kasan_check_byte (mm/kasan/common.c:573)\nlock_acquire.part.0 (kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5842 (discriminator 1))\n_raw_spin_lock_bh (kernel/locking/spinlock.c:182 (discriminator 1))\ncleanup_prefix_route (net/ipv6/addrconf.c:1280)\nipv6_del_addr (net/ipv6/addrconf.c:1342)\ninet6_addr_del.isra.0 (net/ipv6/addrconf.c:3119)\ninet6_rtm_deladdr (net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4812)\nrtnetlink_rcv_msg (net/core/rtnetlink.c:6997)\nnetlink_rcv_skb (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2555)\nnetlink_unicast (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344)\nnetlink_sendmsg (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1899)\n__sock_sendmsg (net/socket.c:802 (discriminator 4))\n____sys_sendmsg (net/socket.c:2698)\n___sys_sendmsg (net/socket.c:2752)\n__sys_sendmsg (net/socket.c:2784)\ndo_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.6.120, < 6.6.143`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.9, < 6.12.94`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.18.36`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.19, < 7.0.13`\n- `linux_kernel = 7.1`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 7.0.13`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":30.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}