Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: prevent infinite loop in rt6_nlmsg_size() While testing prior patch, I was able to trigger an infinite loop in rt6_nlmsg_size() in the following place: list_for_each_entry_rcu(sibling, &f6i->fib6_siblings, fib6_siblings) { rt6_nh_nlmsg_size(sibling->fib6_nh, &nexthop_len); } This is because fib6_del_route() and fib6_add_rt2node() uses list_del_rcu(), which can confuse rcu readers, because they might no longer see the head of the list. Restart the loop if f6i->fib6_nsiblings is zero.
References (7)
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
3.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-835
Status
published
Products (6)
debian/debian_linux
11.0
linux/Kernel
< 6.1.148linux
linux/Kernel
6.13.0 - 6.16.1linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.102linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.12.42linux
linux/linux_kernel
6.1.128 - 6.1.148
Published
Aug 19, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026