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Fernando Fernandez Mancera e5e8906305 net: bridge: fix nd_tbl NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled
When booting with the 'ipv6.disable=1' parameter, the nd_tbl is never
initialized because inet6_init() exits before ndisc_init() is called
which initializes it. Then, if neigh_suppress is enabled and an ICMPv6
Neighbor Discovery packet reaches the bridge, br_do_suppress_nd() will
dereference ipv6_stub->nd_tbl which is NULL, passing it to
neigh_lookup(). This causes a kernel NULL pointer dereference.

 BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000268
 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
 [...]
 RIP: 0010:neigh_lookup+0x16/0xe0
 [...]
 Call Trace:
  <IRQ>
  ? neigh_lookup+0x16/0xe0
  br_do_suppress_nd+0x160/0x290 [bridge]
  br_handle_frame_finish+0x500/0x620 [bridge]
  br_handle_frame+0x353/0x440 [bridge]
  __netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0+0x298/0x1110
  __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x3d/0xa0
  process_backlog+0xa0/0x140
  __napi_poll+0x2c/0x170
  net_rx_action+0x2c4/0x3a0
  handle_softirqs+0xd0/0x270
  do_softirq+0x3f/0x60

Fix this by replacing IS_ENABLED(IPV6) call with ipv6_mod_enabled() in
the callers. This is in essence disabling NS/NA suppression when IPv6 is
disabled.

Fixes: ed842faeb2 ("bridge: suppress nd pkts on BR_NEIGH_SUPPRESS ports")
Reported-by: Guruprasad C P <gurucp2005@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CAHXs0ORzd62QOG-Fttqa2Cx_A_VFp=utE2H2VTX5nqfgs7LDxQ@mail.gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260304120357.9778-1-fmancera@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-03-05 07:52:56 -08:00
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