CVE-2026-68322
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rds: Fix inet6_addr_lst NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled
When booting with the 'ipv6.disable=1' parameter, inet6_addr_lst
is never initialized because inet6_init() exits before addrconf_init()
is called to initialize it. An attempt to bind an RDS socket to
an ipv6 address results in a crash in __ipv6_chk_addr_and_flags()
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f]
RIP: 0010:__ipv6_chk_addr_and_flags+0x1df/0x7e0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
ipv6_chk_addr+0x3b/0x50
rds_tcp_laddr_check+0x155/0x3b0 [rds_tcp]
rds_trans_get_preferred+0x15d/0x2d0 [rds]
? trace_hardirqs_on+0x2d/0x110
rds_bind+0x1433/0x1d60 [rds]
? rds_remove_bound+0xd50/0xd50 [rds]
? aa_af_perm+0x250/0x250
? __might_fault+0xde/0x190
? __sys_bind+0x1dc/0x210
__sys_bind+0x1dc/0x210
? __ia32_sys_socketpair+0x100/0x100
? restore_fpregs_from_fpstate+0x53/0x100
__x64_sys_bind+0x73/0xb0
? syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x1c/0x50
do_syscall_64+0x34/0x80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8
RIP: 0033:0x7f47f8269ea9
</TASK>
The following code reproduces the issue:
struct sockaddr_in6 addr;
s = socket(PF_RDS, SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0);
memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
inet_pton(AF_INET6, ADDRESS, &addr.sin6_addr);
addr.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
addr.sin6_port = htons(PORT);
bind(s, &addr, sizeof(addr));
Found by InfoTeCS on behalf of Linux Verification Center
(linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- NULL pointer dereference in RDS IPv6 address list when IPv6 is disabled.
- Who is affected
- Systems running RDS (Reliable Datagram Sockets) with IPv6 disabled.
- Urgency
- Medium severity; denial of service through kernel crash.
- Action
- Apply the latest Linux kernel patch addressing CVE-2026-68322.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.21% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 11% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (3)
- unknownDSA-6466-1 linux - security updatedebian · 2026-08-25
- mediumCVE-2026-68322: rds: Fix inet6_addr_lst NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabledmsrc · 2026-08-11
- unknownCVE-2026-68322: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rds: Fix inet6_addr_lst NU…nvd · 2026-08-10
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