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        "dateReserved": "2025-04-16T04:51:23.998Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-07-10T07:41:53.126Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:24:38.767Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: prevent a NULL deref in rtnl_create_link()\n\nAt the time rtnl_create_link() is running, dev->netdev_ops is NULL,\nwe must not use netdev_lock_ops() or risk a NULL deref if\nCONFIG_NET_SHAPER is defined.\n\nUse netif_set_group() instead of dev_set_group().\n\n RIP: 0010:netdev_need_ops_lock include/net/netdev_lock.h:33 [inline]\n RIP: 0010:netdev_lock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:41 [inline]\n RIP: 0010:dev_set_group+0xc0/0x230 net/core/dev_api.c:82\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n  rtnl_create_link+0x748/0xd10 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3674\n  rtnl_newlink_create+0x25c/0xb00 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3813\n  __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3940 [inline]\n  rtnl_newlink+0x16d6/0x1c70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4055\n  rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7cf/0xb70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6944\n  netlink_rcv_skb+0x208/0x470 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2534\n  netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1313 [inline]\n  netlink_unicast+0x75b/0x8d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1339\n  netlink_sendmsg+0x805/0xb30 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1883\n  sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]"
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