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CVE-2026-93286

net: appletalk: fix NULL pointer dereference in aarp_send_ddp()

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: appletalk: fix NULL pointer dereference in aarp_send_ddp() aarp_send_ddp() calls atalk_find_dev_addr(dev) in the LocalTalk fast path without checking for NULL. When the device has no AppleTalk interface configured (dev->atalk_ptr == NULL), this leads to a NULL pointer dereference at the at->s_net access. KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] RIP: 0010:aarp_send_ddp (net/appletalk/aarp.c:552 (discriminator 2)) Call Trace: <TASK> atalk_sendmsg (net/appletalk/ddp.c:1715) __sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2265 (discriminator 1)) __x64_sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2272) do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94) entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121) Add a NULL check consistent with the other callers of atalk_find_dev_addr().

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 51cc5e756cec6071ffc620076aebcf5bae936668affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 8c4b9ceb1be780588c1c50d573d5ee308e0874d2affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < d643fd42ad96f19b5ce5cb11824fefa617191dbeaffected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 542c1dd41e1b0cd1c2c3ba8091c7d882eea0d680affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 8fc30f0cdf4207a5aa2341c0a98d0f1713b3ce2caffected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 83899a056aeb120898a6e3a989971fc63e274e2eaffected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 9e7f36ab5b7bf68463faa5f7b926fea8f35597bbaffected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 2.6.12affected
  • 0 to < 2.6.12unaffected
  • 5.10.271 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.222 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.189 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.158 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.111 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.53 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.1 to ≤ *unaffected

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