When Linux boots with ipv6.disable=1, a narrow but important networking assumption can collapse in the VXLAN transmit path, producing a kernel NULL pointer dereference when an IPv6 packet is injected into the interface. The upstream fix for CVE-2026-23293 adds an early guard in...
Using the uploaded CVE text plus kernel and Microsoft advisory context, I’m drafting the article as a publish-ready feature with no citations or links in the body per your output contract.
A newly disclosed Linux kernel flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-23381, exposes a sharp edge in bridge networking...