CVE-2025-71080

MEDIUM

Linux kernel - Use After Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: fix a BUG in rt6_get_pcpu_route() under PREEMPT_RT On PREEMPT_RT kernels, after rt6_get_pcpu_route() returns NULL, the current task can be preempted. Another task running on the same CPU may then execute rt6_make_pcpu_route() and successfully install a pcpu_rt entry. When the first task resumes execution, its cmpxchg() in rt6_make_pcpu_route() will fail because rt6i_pcpu is no longer NULL, triggering the BUG_ON(prev). It's easy to reproduce it by adding mdelay() after rt6_get_pcpu_route(). Using preempt_disable/enable is not appropriate here because ip6_rt_pcpu_alloc() may sleep. Fix this by handling the cmpxchg() failure gracefully on PREEMPT_RT: free our allocation and return the existing pcpu_rt installed by another task. The BUG_ON is replaced by WARN_ON_ONCE for non-PREEMPT_RT kernels where such races should not occur.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 4.6%
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-617
Status published
Products (13)
linux/Kernel 6.12.0 - 6.12.64linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.4linux
Linux/Linux < 6.12
Linux/Linux 6.12
Linux/Linux 6.12.64 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.18.4 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19
Linux/Linux d2d6422f8bd17c6bb205133e290625a564194496 - 1adaea51c61b52e24e7ab38f7d3eba023b2d050d
Linux/Linux d2d6422f8bd17c6bb205133e290625a564194496 - 1dc33ad0867325f8d2c6d7b2a6f542d4f3121f66
Linux/Linux d2d6422f8bd17c6bb205133e290625a564194496 - 787515ccb2292f82eb0876993129154629a49651
... and 3 more
Published Jan 13, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026