CVE-2026-99073
ipv4: stop exception dump when nexthop group shrinks
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv4: stop exception dump when nexthop group shrinks Commit 4ce5dc9316de ("inet: switch inet_dump_fib() to RCU protection") allowed IPv4 FIB dumps to run concurrently with nexthop replacement. fib_dump_info_fnhe() uses fib_info_num_path() as the loop bound, then fib_info_nhc() independently reloads nh->nh_grp. If RTM_NEWNEXTHOP replaces a group with fewer paths between those loads, fib_info_nhc() returns NULL and the dump dereferences it through nhc_flags. Stop the walk when the indexed path is absent. Nexthop groups are dense, so the current snapshot has no later path.
Affected products and packages
CNA (CVE.org)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | affected: 4ce5dc9316de50e0da84beafe55d1344f829cece … < f91e472821e32f58b03eb631e20a67157e2b928b affected: 4ce5dc9316de50e0da84beafe55d1344f829cece … < 21cba134c30c17ae55f468b5809336437df5d7e6 affected: 4ce5dc9316de50e0da84beafe55d1344f829cece … < b9a30bb7b831e8c5a47fadbdf1760918aaf009cc affected: 4ce5dc9316de50e0da84beafe55d1344f829cece … < 4f4afc07dcb2edd4f9afa36595373f8cdb9b58c2 default: unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | affected: 6.9 unaffected: 0 … < 6.9 unaffected: 6.12.113 … <= 6.12.* unaffected: 6.18.57 … <= 6.18.* unaffected: 7.2.11 … <= 7.2.* unaffected: 7.3 … <= * default: affected |
Open-source packages (GitHub Advisory / OSV)
ipv4: stop exception dump when nexthop group shrinks
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| >= 4ce5dc9316de50e0da84beafe55d1344f829cece, < f91e472821e32f58b03eb631e20a67157e2b928b; < 21cba134c30c17ae55f468b5809336437df5d7e6; < b9a30bb7b831e8c5a47fadbdf1760918aaf009cc; < 4f4afc07dcb2edd4f9afa36595373f8cdb9b58c2 | f91e472821e32f58b03eb631e20a67157e2b928b, 21cba134c30c17ae55f468b5809336437df5d7e6, b9a30bb7b831e8c5a47fadbdf1760918aaf009cc, 4f4afc07dcb2edd4f9afa36595373f8cdb9b58c2 | ||
| Linux | Kernel | >= 6.9.0, < 6.12.113; >= 6.13.0, < 6.18.57; >= 6.19.0, < 7.2.11 | 6.12.113, 6.18.57, 7.2.11 |
Linux distribution status
References (7)
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git OSV
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21cba134c30c17ae55f468b5809336437df5d7e6 NVD, CNA, OSV
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f4afc07dcb2edd4f9afa36595373f8cdb9b58c2 NVD, CNA, OSV
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9a30bb7b831e8c5a47fadbdf1760918aaf009cc NVD, CNA, OSV
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f91e472821e32f58b03eb631e20a67157e2b928b NVD, CNA, OSV
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/99xxx/CVE-2026-99073.json OSV
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99073 OSV