Answer in brief
CVE-2026-23286 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in atm: lec: fix null-ptr-deref in lec_arp_clear_vccs. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <8aff65a82b6389ec674d46e5b3d3ae6f07db5e3e || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <30c9744a989feb22cfbb84170eb0e038a7a2c1da || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <e9665986eb127290ceb535bd5d04d7a84265d94f || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <622062f24644b4536d3f437e0cf7a8c4bb421665 || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <2d9f57ea29a1f1772373b98a509b44d49fda609e || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <7ea92ab075d809ec8a96669a5ecf00f752057875 || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <5f1cfea7921f5c126a441d973690eeba52677b64 || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <101bacb303e89dc2e0640ae6a5e0fb97c4eb45bb | 8aff65a82b6389ec674d46e5b3d3ae6f07db5e3e, 30c9744a989feb22cfbb84170eb0e038a7a2c1da, e9665986eb127290ceb535bd5d04d7a84265d94f, 622062f24644b4536d3f437e0cf7a8c4bb421665, 2d9f57ea29a1f1772373b98a509b44d49fda609e, 7ea92ab075d809ec8a96669a5ecf00f752057875, 5f1cfea7921f5c126a441d973690eeba52677b64, 101bacb303e89dc2e0640ae6a5e0fb97c4eb45bb |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 2.6.12 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Mar 25, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Nov 5, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: atm: lec: fix null-ptr-deref in lec_arp_clear_vccs syzkaller reported a null-ptr-deref in lec_arp_clear_vccs(). This issue can be easily reproduced using the syzkaller reproducer. In the ATM LANE (LAN Emulation) module, the same atm_vcc can be shared by multiple lec_arp_table entries (e.g., via entry->vcc or entry->recv_vcc). When the underlying VCC is closed, lec_vcc_close() iterates over all ARP entries and calls lec_arp_clear_vccs() for each matched entry. For example, when lec_vcc_close() iterates through the hlists in priv->lec_arp_empty_ones or other ARP tables: 1. In the first iteration, for the first matched ARP entry sharing the VCC, lec_arp_clear_vccs() frees the associated vpriv (which is vcc->user_back) and sets vcc->user_back to NULL. 2. In the second iteration, for the next matched ARP entry sharing the same VCC, lec_arp_clear_vccs() is called again. It obtains a NULL vpriv from vcc->user_back (via LEC_VCC_PRIV(vcc)) and then attempts to dereference it via `vcc->pop = vpriv->old_pop`, leading to a null-ptr-deref crash. Fix this by adding a null check for vpriv before dereferencing it. If vpriv is already NULL, it means the VCC has been cleared by a previous call, so we can safely skip the cleanup and just clear the entry's vcc/recv_vcc pointers. The entire cleanup block (including vcc_release_async()) is placed inside the vpriv guard because a NULL vpriv indicates the VCC has already been fully released by a prior iteration — repeating the teardown would redundantly set flags and trigger callbacks on an already-closing socket. The Fixes tag points to the initial commit because the entry->vcc path has been vulnerable since the original code. The entry->recv_vcc path was later added by commit 8d9f73c0ad2f ("atm: fix a memory leak of vcc->user_back") with the same pattern, and both paths are fixed here.
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