CVE-2026-98596

NameCVE-2026-98596
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: Fix dst leak for uncached routes. ip6_route_output_flags(), ip6_rt_put_flags(), and ip6_dst_check() detect an uncached route by list_empty(&rt->dst.rt_uncached), which replaced the static DST_NOCACHE flag check in commit a4c2fd7f7891 ("net: remove DST_NOCACHE flag"). When a device is unregistered, rt6_uncached_list_flush_dev() unlinks uncached routes tied to the device from rt6_uncached_list. Previously, they were moved to another list with list_move() (__list_del_entry() + list_add()), and since commit 98aa546af5e4 ("inet: remove (struct uncached_list)->quarantine"), the routes are just unlinked with list_del_init(). If list_del_init() runs concurrently, list_empty() evaluates to true; ip6_route_output_flags() calls dst_hold_safe() incorrectly and ip6_rt_put_flags() skips ip6_rt_put(), leaking dst, and thus dev tied via rt->from as well. The same race is partially fixed by commit 9a6f0c4d5796 ("dst: fix races in rt6_uncached_list_del() and rt_del_uncached_list()"). Let's check rt6->dst.rt_uncached_list instead. Note that IPv4 does not have the same issue.
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ReferencesDLA-4850-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bookworm6.1.176-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.190-1fixed
trixie6.12.107-1vulnerable
trixie (security)6.12.115-2fixed
forky7.2.15-1fixed
sid7.3.3-1fixed
linux-6.12 (PTS)bookworm (security)6.12.115-2~deb12u1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcebookworm(not affected)
linuxsourcetrixie6.12.113-1
linuxsource(unstable)7.2.9-1
linux-6.12sourcebookworm6.12.113-1~deb12u1DLA-4850-1

Notes

[bookworm] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/be31fe6333f534155e6b408f1ef6d77974bb41aa (7.3-rc5)

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