Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 17, 2024· Updated May 12, 2026
CVE-2024-26855
CVE-2024-26855
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ice: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in ice_bridge_setlink()
The function ice_bridge_setlink() may encounter a NULL pointer dereference if nlmsg_find_attr() returns NULL and br_spec is dereferenced subsequently in nla_for_each_nested(). To address this issue, add a check to ensure that br_spec is not NULL before proceeding with the nested attribute iteration.
Affected products
1- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 4.20
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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