CVE-2026-74581

Critical

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ipv6: clear suppressed fib6 rule result fib6_rule_suppress() drops a suppressed route with ip6_rt_put_flags(), but leaves res->rt6 pointing at the released rt6_info. If no later rule supplies a replacement, fib6_rule_lookup() still sees res.rt6 and returns that stale dst to its caller. A suppressing rule can therefore leak a released route back to rt6_lookup(), and the next put hits rcuref_put_slowpath() from dst_release(). Clear res->rt6 when suppressing the route so suppressed lookups fall through to the null dst instead of reusing the released one.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedAug 21, 2026
First seenAug 21, 2026

How to fix

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  • Linux Linux90c57310e266eb94e4a80d6b15a9ca131d2e82cb, 5d29b286c9de0b309e94b9ed083aa1a2f429434f, 354db6243eca59e9d187ffbf8b7955b044ce84dc, 6d98c70fe0ba8c7708bfd5b2a5174d2086775daa, 9bad152c42b37499162367fe47867411e62fffa3, dc3ab04220667f254f4348572b2a0b3febff89fb, a341c091ca0bfae377747b1b59a3bd8ebe18a937, 6aea62e433fe1b586202a5fee8b5807ce635e1d7, 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 5.5 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linux209d35ee34e25f9668c404350a1c86d914c54ffa ≤ v < 90c57310e266eb94e4a80d6b15a9ca131d2e82cb, 8ef8a76a340ebdb2c2eea3f6fb0ebbed09a16383 ≤ v < 5d29b286c9de0b309e94b9ed083aa1a2f429434f, cdef485217d30382f3bf6448c54b4401648fe3f1 ≤ v < 354db6243eca59e9d187ffbf8b7955b044ce84dc, cdef485217d30382f3bf6448c54b4401648fe3f1 ≤ v < 6d98c70fe0ba8c7708bfd5b2a5174d2086775daa, cdef485217d30382f3bf6448c54b4401648fe3f1 ≤ v < 9bad152c42b37499162367fe47867411e62fffa3, cdef485217d30382f3bf6448c54b4401648fe3f1 ≤ v < dc3ab04220667f254f4348572b2a0b3febff89fb, cdef485217d30382f3bf6448c54b4401648fe3f1 ≤ v < a341c091ca0bfae377747b1b59a3bd8ebe18a937, cdef485217d30382f3bf6448c54b4401648fe3f1 ≤ v < 6aea62e433fe1b586202a5fee8b5807ce635e1d7, ee38eb8cf9a7323884c2b8e0adbbeb2192d31e29, 5.10.84 ≤ v < 5.10.265, 5.15.7 ≤ v < 5.15.216, 5.4.164 ≤ v < 5.5, 5.1690c57310e266eb94e4a80d6b15a9ca131d2e82cb, 5d29b286c9de0b309e94b9ed083aa1a2f429434f, 354db6243eca59e9d187ffbf8b7955b044ce84dc, 6d98c70fe0ba8c7708bfd5b2a5174d2086775daa, 9bad152c42b37499162367fe47867411e62fffa3, dc3ab04220667f254f4348572b2a0b3febff89fb, a341c091ca0bfae377747b1b59a3bd8ebe18a937, 6aea62e433fe1b586202a5fee8b5807ce635e1d7, 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 5.5

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CVE-2026-74581 · Linux · Dark Radar