CVE-2026-64116: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: ioam: add NULL check for idev in ipv6_hop_ioam() Reported by Sashiko: The function ipv6_hop_ioam() accesses __in6_dev_get(skb->dev)->cnf.ioam6_enabled without validating the returned idev pointer. Because addrconf_ifdown() can concurrently clear dev->ip6_ptr via RCU, __in6_dev_get() can return NULL during interface teardown, which could cause a NULL pointer dereference when processing an IOAM Hop-by-Hop option. Let's add a check and use SKB_DROP_REASON_IPV6DISABLED accordingly.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.15, before 5.15.210 (fixed in 5.15.210); from 5.16, before 6.1.176 (fixed in 6.1.176); from 6.2, before 6.6.143 (fixed in 6.6.143); from 6.7, before 6.12.92 (fixed in 6.12.92); from 6.13, before 6.18.34 (fixed in 6.18.34); from 6.19, before 7.0.11 (fixed in 7.0.11); …

Published 2026-07-19. Last modified 2026-08-12.