CVE-2025-38588
Published: Aug 19, 2025
Modified: May 23, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: prevent infinite loop in rt6_nlmsg_size() While testing prior patch, I was able to trigger an infinite loop in rt6_nlmsg_size() in the following place: list_for_each_entry_rcu(sibling, &f6i->fib6_siblings, fib6_siblings) { rt6_nh_nlmsg_size(sibling->fib6_nh, &nexthop_len); } This is because fib6_del_route() and fib6_add_rt2node() uses list_del_rcu(), which can confuse rcu readers, because they might no longer see the head of the list. Restart the loop if f6i->fib6_nsiblings is zero.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected d0ec61c9f3583b76aebdbb271f5c0d3fcccd48b2 - < 6d345136c9b875f065d226908a29c25cdf9343f8affected 52da02521ede55fb86546c3fffd9377b3261b91f - < e1b7932af47f92432be8303d2439d1bf77b0be23affected 34a949e7a0869dfa31a40416d2a56973fae1807b - < cd8d8bbd9ced4cc5d06d858f67d4aa87745e8f38affected d9ccb18f83ea2bb654289b6ecf014fd267cc988b - < 3c13db3e47e170bab19e574404e7b6be45ea873daffected d9ccb18f83ea2bb654289b6ecf014fd267cc988b - < 46aeb66e9e54ed0d56c18615e1c3dbd502b327ab+6 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 6.13unaffected 0 - < 6.13unaffected 6.1.148 - <= 6.1.*unaffected 6.6.102 - <= 6.6.*unaffected 6.12.42 - <= 6.12.*+3 more versions |
References
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