In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bridge: guard local VLAN-0 FDB helpers against NULL vlan group
When CONFIG_BRIDGE_VLAN_FILTERING is not set, br_vlan_group() and
nbp_vlan_group() return NULL (br_private.h stub definitions). The
BR_BOOLOPT_FDB_LOCAL_VLAN_0 toggle code is compiled unconditionally and
reaches br_fdb_delete_locals_per_vlan_port() and
br_fdb_insert_locals_per_vlan_port(), where the NULL vlan group pointer
is dereferenced via list_for_each_entry(v, &vg->vlan_list, vlist).
The observed crash is in the delete path, triggered when creating a
bridge with IFLA_BR_MULTI_BOOLOPT containing BR_BOOLOPT_FDB_LOCAL_VLAN_0
via RTM_NEWLINK. The insert helper has the same bug pattern.
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000056: 0000 [#1] KASAN NOPTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x00000000000002b0-0x00000000000002b7]
RIP: 0010:br_fdb_delete_locals_per_vlan+0x2b9/0x310
Call Trace:
br_fdb_toggle_local_vlan_0+0x452/0x4c0
br_toggle_fdb_local_vlan_0+0x31/0x80 net/bridge/br.c:276
br_boolopt_toggle net/bridge/br.c:313
br_boolopt_multi_toggle net/bridge/br.c:364
br_changelink net/bridge/br_netlink.c:1542
br_dev_newlink net/bridge/br_netlink.c:1575
Add NULL checks for the vlan group pointer in both helpers, returning
early when there are no VLANs to iterate. This matches the existing
pattern used by other bridge FDB functions such as br_fdb_add() and
br_fdb_delete().
bridge: guard local VLAN-0 FDB helpers against NULL vlan group
When CONFIG_BRIDGE_VLAN_FILTERING is not set, br_vlan_group() and
nbp_vlan_group() return NULL (br_private.h stub definitions). The
BR_BOOLOPT_FDB_LOCAL_VLAN_0 toggle code is compiled unconditionally and
reaches br_fdb_delete_locals_per_vlan_port() and
br_fdb_insert_locals_per_vlan_port(), where the NULL vlan group pointer
is dereferenced via list_for_each_entry(v, &vg->vlan_list, vlist).
The observed crash is in the delete path, triggered when creating a
bridge with IFLA_BR_MULTI_BOOLOPT containing BR_BOOLOPT_FDB_LOCAL_VLAN_0
via RTM_NEWLINK. The insert helper has the same bug pattern.
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000056: 0000 [#1] KASAN NOPTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x00000000000002b0-0x00000000000002b7]
RIP: 0010:br_fdb_delete_locals_per_vlan+0x2b9/0x310
Call Trace:
br_fdb_toggle_local_vlan_0+0x452/0x4c0
br_toggle_fdb_local_vlan_0+0x31/0x80 net/bridge/br.c:276
br_boolopt_toggle net/bridge/br.c:313
br_boolopt_multi_toggle net/bridge/br.c:364
br_changelink net/bridge/br_netlink.c:1542
br_dev_newlink net/bridge/br_netlink.c:1575
Add NULL checks for the vlan group pointer in both helpers, returning
early when there are no VLANs to iterate. This matches the existing
pattern used by other bridge FDB functions such as br_fdb_add() and
br_fdb_delete().
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bridge: guard local VLAN-0 FDB helpers against NULL vlan group When CONFIG_BRIDGE_VLAN_FILTERING is not set, br_vlan_group() and nbp_vlan_group() return NULL (br_private.h stub definitions). The BR_BOOLOPT_FDB_LOCAL_VLAN_0 toggle code is compiled unconditionally and reaches br_fdb_delete_locals_per_vlan_port() and br_fdb_insert_locals_per_vlan_port(), where the NULL vlan group pointer is dereferenced via list_for_each_entry(v, &vg->vlan_list, vlist). The observed crash is in the delete path, triggered when creating a bridge with IFLA_BR_MULTI_BOOLOPT containing BR_BOOLOPT_FDB_LOCAL_VLAN_0 via RTM_NEWLINK. The insert helper has the same bug pattern. Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000056: 0000 [#1] KASAN NOPTI KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x00000000000002b0-0x00000000000002b7] RIP: 0010:br_fdb_delete_locals_per_vlan+0x2b9/0x310 Call Trace: br_fdb_toggle_local_vlan_0+0x452/0x4c0 br_toggle_fdb_local_vlan_0+0x31/0x80 net/bridge/br.c:276 br_boolopt_toggle net/bridge/br.c:313 br_boolopt_multi_toggle net/bridge/br.c:364 br_changelink net/bridge/br_netlink.c:1542 br_dev_newlink net/bridge/br_netlink.c:1575 Add NULL checks for the vlan group pointer in both helpers, returning early when there are no VLANs to iterate. This matches the existing pattern used by other bridge FDB functions such as br_fdb_add() and br_fdb_delete(). | |
| Title | bridge: guard local VLAN-0 FDB helpers against NULL vlan group | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-06T07:40:30.309Z
Reserved: 2026-05-01T14:12:55.984Z
Link: CVE-2026-43100
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NVD
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-05-06T10:16:23.523
Modified: 2026-05-06T13:07:51.607
Link: CVE-2026-43100
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Updated: 2026-05-06T12:15:03Z
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