DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23398

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: icmp: fix NULL pointer dereference in icmptagvalidation icmptagvalidation unconditionally dereferences the result of rcudereferenceinetprotosproto without checking for NULL. The inetprotos array is sparse -- only about 15 of 256...

CVE-2026-23398

CVE-2026-23398 — Linux kernel icmp_tag_validation NULL pointer dereference has concrete details in the provided documents. The vulnerability occurs when icmp_tag_validation() dereferences inet_protos[proto] without a NULL check for an unregistered protocol number in an ICMP Fragmentation Needed p...