CVE-2025-22005

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.3-6.13.9 Use-After-Free in fib_check_nh_v6_gw

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: Fix memleak of nhc_pcpu_rth_output in fib_check_nh_v6_gw(). fib_check_nh_v6_gw() expects that fib6_nh_init() cleans up everything when it fails. Commit 7dd73168e273 ("ipv6: Always allocate pcpu memory in a fib6_nh") moved fib_nh_common_init() before alloc_percpu_gfp() within fib6_nh_init() but forgot to add cleanup for fib6_nh->nh_common.nhc_pcpu_rth_output in case it fails to allocate fib6_nh->rt6i_pcpu, resulting in memleak. Let's call fib_nh_common_release() and clear nhc_pcpu_rth_output in the error path. Note that we can remove the fib6_nh_release() call in nh_create_ipv6() later in net-next.git.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 5.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (27)
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.180linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.132linux
linux/Kernel 5.3.0 - 5.4.292linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.236linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.13.9linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.85linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.21linux
Linux/Linux < 5.3
Linux/Linux 5.10.236 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.180 - 5.15.*
... and 17 more
Published Apr 03, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026