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Linux Linux — team: fix null-ptr-deref when team device type is changed
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0024 15.3 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 1d76efe1577b4323609b1bcbfafa8b731eda071a – —
Linux 3.7 – 4.14.327
TIMELINE
Mar 2 Reserved by Linux
Mar 2 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2023-52574 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
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.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| March 2, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| March 2, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2023-52574 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 1d76efe1577b4323609b1bcbfafa8b731eda071a | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 3.7 | 4.14.327 |
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