Kernel crash via unchecked netdevice private-data dereference
Published Feb 23, 2024 · Updated Jul 14, 2026
Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel DSA code allows local users to crash the kernel via a VLAN-over-dummy interface event. The dsa_user_prechangeupper path calls dsa_user_to_port before confirming that a notified netdevice is a DSA user device, so p->dp reads eight bytes from invalid private storage on a zero-private-data dummy device. Triggering the fault requires local privileges to create and link network interfaces; the demonstrated consequence is a kernel oops and service interruption, not data access or modification.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel DSA code allows local users to crash the kernel via a VLAN-over-dummy interface event. The dsa_user_prechangeupper path calls dsa_user_to_port before confirming that a notified netdevice is a DSA user device, so p->dp reads eight bytes from invalid private storage on a zero-private-data dummy device. Triggering the fault requires local privileges to create and link network interfaces; the demonstrated consequence is a kernel oops and service interruption, not data access or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-26596
- Published
- Feb 23, 2024
- Updated
- Jul 14, 2026
- Vendor
- Siemens
- Product
- SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP
- Classifications
- CWE-476, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 23, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 14, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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