CVE-2023-52574
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2023
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
team: fix null-ptr-deref when team device type is changed
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: team: fix null-ptr-deref when team device type is changed Get a null-ptr-deref bug as follows with reproducer [1]. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000228 ... RIP: 0010:vlan_dev_hard_header+0x35/0x140 [8021q] ... Call Trace: <TASK> ? __die+0x24/0x70 ? page_fault_oops+0x82/0x150 ? exc_page_fault+0x69/0x150 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 ? vlan_dev_hard_header+0x35/0x140 [8021q] ? vlan_dev_hard_header+0x8e/0x140 [8021q] neigh_connected_output+0xb2/0x100 ip6_finish_output2+0x1cb/0x520 ? nf_hook_slow+0x43/0xc0 ? ip6_mtu+0x46/0x80 ip6_finish_output+0x2a/0xb0 mld_sendpack+0x18f/0x250 mld_ifc_work+0x39/0x160 process_one_work+0x1e6/0x3f0 worker_thread+0x4d/0x2f0 ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 kthread+0xe5/0x120 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x34/0x50 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30 [1] $ teamd -t team0 -d -c '{"runner": {"name": "loadbalance"}}' $ ip link add name t-dummy type dummy $ ip link add link t-dummy name t-dummy.100 type vlan id 100 $ ip link add name t-nlmon type nlmon $ ip link set t-nlmon master team0 $ ip link set t-nlmon nomaster $ ip link set t-dummy up $ ip link set team0 up $ ip link set t-dummy.100 down $ ip link set t-dummy.100 master team0 When enslave a vlan device to team device and team device type is changed from non-ether to ether, header_ops of team device is changed to vlan_header_ops. That is incorrect and will trigger null-ptr-deref for vlan->real_dev in vlan_dev_hard_header() because team device is not a vlan device. Cache eth_header_ops in team_setup(), then assign cached header_ops to header_ops of team net device when its type is changed from non-ether to ether to fix the bug.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1d76efe1577b4323609b1bcbfafa8b731eda071a | affected | git | 1779eb51b9cc628cee551f252701a85a2a50a457 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1d76efe1577b4323609b1bcbfafa8b731eda071a | affected | git | a7fb47b9711101d2405b0eb1276fb1f9b9b270c7 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1d76efe1577b4323609b1bcbfafa8b731eda071a | affected | git | c5f6478686bb45f453031594ae19b6c9723a780d | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1d76efe1577b4323609b1bcbfafa8b731eda071a | affected | git | b44dd92e2afd89eb6e9d27616858e72a67bdc1a7 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1d76efe1577b4323609b1bcbfafa8b731eda071a | affected | git | cd05eec2ee0cc396813a32ef675634e403748255 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1d76efe1577b4323609b1bcbfafa8b731eda071a | affected | git | 2f0acb0736ecc3eb85dc80ad2790d634dcb10b58 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1d76efe1577b4323609b1bcbfafa8b731eda071a | affected | git | cac50d9f5d876be32cb9aa21c74018468900284d | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1d76efe1577b4323609b1bcbfafa8b731eda071a | affected | git | 492032760127251e5540a5716a70996bacf2a3fd | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 3.7 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 4.14.327 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.14.* | None listed |
| 4.19.296 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.19.* | None listed |
| 5.4.258 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.4.* | None listed |
| 5.10.198 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.15.134 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.1.56 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.5.6 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.5.* | None listed |
| 6.6 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |