{
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "id": "GHSA-53q5-cxhh-w27r",
  "modified": "2025-09-22T21:30:17Z",
  "published": "2025-09-22T21:30:17Z",
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-39850"
  ],
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvxlan: Fix NPD in {arp,neigh}_reduce() when using nexthop objects\n\nWhen the \"proxy\" option is enabled on a VXLAN device, the device will\nsuppress ARP requests and IPv6 Neighbor Solicitation messages if it is\nable to reply on behalf of the remote host. That is, if a matching and\nvalid neighbor entry is configured on the VXLAN device whose MAC address\nis not behind the \"any\" remote (0.0.0.0 / ::).\n\nThe code currently assumes that the FDB entry for the neighbor's MAC\naddress points to a valid remote destination, but this is incorrect if\nthe entry is associated with an FDB nexthop group. This can result in a\nNPD [1][3] which can be reproduced using [2][4].\n\nFix by checking that the remote destination exists before dereferencing\nit.\n\n[1]\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\n[...]\nCPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 365 Comm: arping Not tainted 6.17.0-rc2-virtme-g2a89cb21162c #2 PREEMPT(voluntary)\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.17.0-4.fc41 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:vxlan_xmit+0xb58/0x15f0\n[...]\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n dev_hard_start_xmit+0x5d/0x1c0\n __dev_queue_xmit+0x246/0xfd0\n packet_sendmsg+0x113a/0x1850\n __sock_sendmsg+0x38/0x70\n __sys_sendto+0x126/0x180\n __x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x30\n do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53\n\n[2]\n #!/bin/bash\n\n ip address add 192.0.2.1/32 dev lo\n\n ip nexthop add id 1 via 192.0.2.2 fdb\n ip nexthop add id 10 group 1 fdb\n\n ip link add name vx0 up type vxlan id 10010 local 192.0.2.1 dstport 4789 proxy\n\n ip neigh add 192.0.2.3 lladdr 00:11:22:33:44:55 nud perm dev vx0\n\n bridge fdb add 00:11:22:33:44:55 dev vx0 self static nhid 10\n\n arping -b -c 1 -s 192.0.2.1 -I vx0 192.0.2.3\n\n[3]\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\n[...]\nCPU: 13 UID: 0 PID: 372 Comm: ndisc6 Not tainted 6.17.0-rc2-virtmne-g6ee90cb26014 #3 PREEMPT(voluntary)\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1v996), BIOS 1.17.0-4.fc41 04/01/2x014\nRIP: 0010:vxlan_xmit+0x803/0x1600\n[...]\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n dev_hard_start_xmit+0x5d/0x1c0\n __dev_queue_xmit+0x246/0xfd0\n ip6_finish_output2+0x210/0x6c0\n ip6_finish_output+0x1af/0x2b0\n ip6_mr_output+0x92/0x3e0\n ip6_send_skb+0x30/0x90\n rawv6_sendmsg+0xe6e/0x12e0\n __sock_sendmsg+0x38/0x70\n __sys_sendto+0x126/0x180\n __x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x30\n do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53\nRIP: 0033:0x7f383422ec77\n\n[4]\n #!/bin/bash\n\n ip address add 2001:db8:1::1/128 dev lo\n\n ip nexthop add id 1 via 2001:db8:1::1 fdb\n ip nexthop add id 10 group 1 fdb\n\n ip link add name vx0 up type vxlan id 10010 local 2001:db8:1::1 dstport 4789 proxy\n\n ip neigh add 2001:db8:1::3 lladdr 00:11:22:33:44:55 nud perm dev vx0\n\n bridge fdb add 00:11:22:33:44:55 dev vx0 self static nhid 10\n\n ndisc6 -r 1 -s 2001:db8:1::1 -w 1 2001:db8:1::3 vx0",
  "severity": [],
  "affected": [],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-39850"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f5d2fd1ca04a23c18b1bde9a43ce2fa2ffa1bce"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cfa0f076842f9b3b4eb52ae0e41d16e25cbf8fa"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e211e3f4199ac829bd493632efcd131d337cba9d"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "severity": null,
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-09-19T16:15:43Z"
  }
}