CVE-2026-99073

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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.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-10-23 13:17:31.260000

Last modified

2026-10-23 13:17:31.260000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-99073",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-10-23T13:17:31.260",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-23T13:17:31.260",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv4: stop exception dump when nexthop group shrinks\n\nCommit 4ce5dc9316de (\"inet: switch inet_dump_fib() to RCU\nprotection\") allowed IPv4 FIB dumps to run concurrently with nexthop\nreplacement.\n\nfib_dump_info_fnhe() uses fib_info_num_path() as the loop bound,\nthen fib_info_nhc() independently reloads nh->nh_grp. If\nRTM_NEWNEXTHOP replaces a group with fewer paths between those loads,\nfib_info_nhc() returns NULL and the dump dereferences it through\nnhc_flags.\n\nStop the walk when the indexed path is absent. Nexthop groups are\ndense, so the current snapshot has no later path."
    }
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