CVE-2026-46172

Name	CVE-2026-46172
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: xfrm6: release dst on error in xfrm6_rcv_encap() xfrm6_rcv_encap() performs an IPv6 route lookup when the skb does not already have a dst attached. ip6_route_input_lookup() returns a referenced dst entry even when the lookup resolves to an error route. If dst->error is set, xfrm6_rcv_encap() drops the skb without attaching the dst to the skb and without releasing the reference returned by the lookup. Repeated packets hitting this path therefore leak dst entries. Release the dst before jumping to the drop path.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	5.10.257-1	vulnerable
	bookworm	6.1.170-3	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.174-1	vulnerable
	trixie	6.12.86-1	vulnerable
	trixie (security)	6.12.90-2	fixed
	forky	7.0.9-1	fixed
	sid	7.0.10-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
linux	source	trixie	6.12.88-1
linux	source	(unstable)	7.0.7-1

https://git.kernel.org/linus/bc0fcb9823cd0894934cf968b525c575833d7078 (7.1-rc3)