CVE-2026-74561
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nexthop: avoid unlocked f6i_list walk in nh_rt_cache_flush nh_rt_cache_flush() walks nh->f6i_list during an RTNL-serialized nexthop replace without holding nh->lock, racing the unlocked IPv6 route add/delete that mutate the list under nh->lock and free fib6_info entries (nh_rt_cache_flush() is inlined into rtm_new_nexthop()): BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in nh_rt_cache_flush (net/ipv4/nexthop.c:2243) Read of size 8 at addr ffff888012953e18 by task exploit/146 nh_rt_cache_flush (net/ipv4/nexthop.c:2243) replace_nexthop (net/ipv4/nexthop.c:2610) rtm_new_nexthop (net/ipv4/nexthop.c:3323) rtnetlink_rcv_msg (net/core/rtnetlink.c:7076) Unlike the other f6i_list walks, this one bumps each route's sernum via fib6_update_sernum_upto_root(), which needs tb6_lock; taking nh->lock around it would invert the established tb6_lock -> nh->lock order and deadlock. As the only purpose is to invalidate cached dsts, bump the IPv6 sernum for the whole netns with rt_genid_bump_ipv6() instead, mirroring the rt_cache_flush() already done for IPv4 just above.
How to fix
- Linux Linuxf97fae992155b11da516a509c855ff9d0868b107, 44f53e4331a30fabc38a411fae7524341b618db3, 4787a6d2629b4e8c0b6bacab1f75c1660eca44d9 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 081efd18326e353c6fbfdeff903a83edde953f72 ≤ v < f97fae992155b11da516a509c855ff9d0868b107, 081efd18326e353c6fbfdeff903a83edde953f72 ≤ v < 44f53e4331a30fabc38a411fae7524341b618db3, 081efd18326e353c6fbfdeff903a83edde953f72 ≤ v < 4787a6d2629b4e8c0b6bacab1f75c1660eca44d9, 6.16 | f97fae992155b11da516a509c855ff9d0868b107, 44f53e4331a30fabc38a411fae7524341b618db3, 4787a6d2629b4e8c0b6bacab1f75c1660eca44d9 |
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