CVE-2026-53353
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Kernel NULL Pointer Dereference in HSR Network Protocol

Publication date: 2026-07-01

Last updated on: 2026-07-01

Assigner: kernel.org

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hsr: Remove WARN_ONCE() in hsr_addr_is_self(). syzbot reported the warning [0] in hsr_addr_is_self(), whose assumption is simply wrong. hsr->self_node is cleared in hsr_del_self_node(), which is called from hsr_dellink(). Since dev->rtnl_link_ops->dellink() is called before unregister_netdevice_many(), there is a window when user can find the device but without hsr->self_node. Let's remove WARN_ONCE() in hsr_addr_is_self(). [0]: HSR: No self node WARNING: net/hsr/hsr_framereg.c:39 at hsr_addr_is_self+0x211/0x3f0 net/hsr/hsr_framereg.c:39, CPU#0: syz.4.16848/17220 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 17220 Comm: syz.4.16848 Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/18/2026 RIP: 0010:hsr_addr_is_self+0x211/0x3f0 net/hsr/hsr_framereg.c:39 Code: 33 2f 41 0f b7 dd 89 ee 09 de 31 ff e8 c8 b4 c6 f6 09 dd 74 54 e8 0f b0 c6 f6 31 ed eb 53 e8 06 b0 c6 f6 48 8d 3d 2f 50 9c 04 <67> 48 0f b9 3a 31 ed eb 42 e8 c1 13 1f 00 89 c5 31 ff 89 c6 e8 96 RSP: 0018:ffffc900041c70e0 EFLAGS: 00010283 RAX: ffffffff8afdc6ca RBX: ffffffff8afdc4e6 RCX: 0000000000080000 RDX: ffffc90010493000 RSI: 0000000000000948 RDI: ffffffff8f9a1700 RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffffc900041c71e8 R11: fffff52000838e3f R12: dffffc0000000000 R13: ffff888041f9e3c0 R14: ffff888086ee3802 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007f6fe985d6c0(0000) GS:ffff888126176000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f80bd437dac CR3: 0000000025096000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 DR0: ffffffffffffffff DR1: 00000000000001f8 DR2: 0000000000000002 DR3: ffffffffefffff15 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> check_local_dest net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:592 [inline] fill_frame_info net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:728 [inline] hsr_forward_skb+0xa11/0x2a80 net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:739 hsr_dev_xmit+0x253/0x370 net/hsr/hsr_device.c:236 __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:5368 [inline] netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:5377 [inline] xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3888 [inline] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x2df/0x860 net/core/dev.c:3904 __dev_queue_xmit+0x1428/0x3900 net/core/dev.c:4870 neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:556 [inline] ip_finish_output2+0xcec/0x10b0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:237 ip_send_skb net/ipv4/ip_output.c:1510 [inline] ip_push_pending_frames+0x8b/0x110 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:1530 raw_sendmsg+0x1547/0x1a50 net/ipv4/raw.c:659 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:787 [inline] __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:802 [inline] ____sys_sendmsg+0x7da/0x9c0 net/socket.c:2698 ___sys_sendmsg+0x2a5/0x360 net/socket.c:2752 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2784 [inline] __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2789 [inline] __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2787 [inline] __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x1c3/0x2a0 net/socket.c:2787 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x15f/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f6feb62ce59 Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007f6fe985d028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f6feb8a6090 RCX: 00007f6feb62ce59 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000000000 RDI: 0000000000000004 RBP: 00007f6feb6c2d6f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007f6feb8a6128 R14: 00007f6feb8a6090 R15: 00007ffcf01cc488 </TASK>

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Published
2026-07-01
Last Modified
2026-07-01
Generated
2026-07-01
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2026-07-01
EPSS Evaluated
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NVD
CVE-2026-53353
EUVD
EUVD-2026-40987

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is related to the Linux kernel's HSR (High-availability Seamless Redundancy) network driver. It involves an incorrect assumption in the function hsr_addr_is_self(), which used a WARN_ONCE() warning that was triggered incorrectly. The issue arises because the hsr->self_node is cleared in hsr_del_self_node(), which is called before the device is fully unregistered, creating a window where the device exists but hsr->self_node does not. The fix was to remove the WARN_ONCE() call to avoid this incorrect warning.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability causes a warning in the kernel logs due to an incorrect assumption about the device state during its removal process. While it does not describe a direct security exploit such as privilege escalation or denial of service, the warning indicates a potential race condition or inconsistency in device handling that could lead to instability or unexpected behavior in network operations involving HSR devices.

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