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GHSA-XG6X-XG63-GMXC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-28 12:30 – Updated: 2026-05-28 12:30

Details

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.

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CVE-2026-46172 (GCVE-0-2026-46172)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-28 09:36 – Updated: 2026-05-28 09:36

Title

ipv6: xfrm6: release dst on error in xfrm6_rcv_encap()

Summary

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2efc4956981066df…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/554c9b090c8ac5b1c…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d5047782f9bd2829…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a5eec0a2a0e99ec9…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc0fcb9823cd08949…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
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Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.8 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.8 (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.140 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.88 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.30 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0.7 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1-rc3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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CVE-2026-46172 (GCVE-0-2026-46172)

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