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CVE-2026-63968

HIGH
7.5
CVSS 3.1
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: fix possible infinite loop in fib6_select_path() Found while auditing the same pattern Sashiko reported in rt6_fill_node() [1]. Apply the same fix as commit f8d8ce1b515a ("ipv6: fix possible infinite loop in fib6_info_uses_dev()"). Writers holding tb6_lock can list_del_rcu(&first->fib6_siblings) without waiting for RCU readers; first->fib6_siblings.next then still points into the old ring and this softirq-side walker never reaches &first->fib6_siblings as its terminator. fib6_purge_rt() always WRITE_ONCE()s first->fib6_nsiblings to 0 before list_del_rcu(), so an inside-loop check is a reliable detach signal. [1] https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260526020227.4857-1-jiayuan.chen%40linux.dev

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-63968
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Reserved
2026-07-19 07:54 UTC
Published
2026-07-19 14:55 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-20 13:41 UTC
Vendor / Product
Linux / Linux
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

7.5 HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products (2)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Linux Linux d0ec61c9f3583b76aebdbb271f5c0d3fcccd48b2 < 3948a7d92f7678e89e1776bb2d169afcad63b1ae, 52da02521ede55fb86546c3fffd9377b3261b91f < c87cd3cb309634bc8f50a54e2079424f219ac21f, 34a949e7a0869dfa31a40416d2a56973fae1807b < 0f7b73c3452635de83b8711b31abdda8e49aad7b, d9ccb18f83ea2bb654289b6ecf014fd267cc988b < ab9a10969a907b472a0196d999c08ff7144172e3 …
Linux Linux 6.13, 0 < 6.13, 6.1.176 ≤ 6.1.*, 6.6.143 ≤ 6.6.* …
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
7.5 HIGH 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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