A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Linux Kernel up to 7.0.9 . The affected element is the function netif_is_l3_slave of the file net/l3mdev/l3mdev.c of the component vrf . The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-52925 . The attack requires being on the local network. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.