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Linux Linux — tipc: fix null-ptr-deref when acquiring remote ip of ethernet bearer
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0017 7.0 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 832629ca5c313e122b22b8e73a6d80f111b1a1ae – —
Linux 4.9 – 5.4.295
TIMELINE
Apr 16 Reserved by Linux
Jul 4 Published (CNA: Linux)
Jul 30 RESCORED — CVE-2025-38184 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tipc: fix null-ptr-deref when acquiring remote ip of ethernet bearer
The reproduction steps:
1. create a tun interface
2. enable l2 bearer
3. TIPC_NL_UDP_GET_REMOTEIP with media name set to tun
tipc: Started in network mode
tipc: Node identity 8af312d38a21, cluster identity 4711
tipc: Enabled bearer <eth:syz_tun>, priority 1
Oops: general protection fault
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range
CPU: 1 UID: 1000 PID: 559 Comm: poc Not tainted 6.16.0-rc1+ #117 PREEMPT
Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC
RIP: 0010:tipc_udp_nl_dump_remoteip+0x4a4/0x8f0
the ub was in fact a struct dev.
when bid != 0 && skip_cnt != 0, bearer_list[bid] may be NULL or
other media when other thread changes it.
fix this by checking media_id.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| April 16, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| July 4, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| July 30, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2025-38184 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 832629ca5c313e122b22b8e73a6d80f111b1a1ae | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 4.9 | 5.4.295 |
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