CVE-2026-46260
HighIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: Fix out-of-bound access in fib6_add_rt2node(). syzbot reported out-of-bound read in fib6_add_rt2node(). [0] When IPv6 route is created with RTA_NH_ID, struct fib6_info does not have the trailing struct fib6_nh. The cited commit started to check !iter->fib6_nh->fib_nh_gw_family to ensure that rt6_qualify_for_ecmp() will return false for iter. If iter->nh is not NULL, rt6_qualify_for_ecmp() returns false anyway. Let's check iter->nh before reading iter->fib6_nh and avoid OOB read. [0]: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in fib6_add_rt2node+0x349c/0x3500 net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c:1142 Read of size 1 at addr ffff8880384ba6de by task syz.0.18/5500 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5500 Comm: syz.0.18 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline] print_report+0xba/0x230 mm/kasan/report.c:482 kasan_report+0x117/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595 fib6_add_rt2node+0x349c/0x3500 net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c:1142 fib6_add_rt2node_nh net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c:1363 [inline] fib6_add+0x910/0x18c0 net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c:1531 __ip6_ins_rt net/ipv6/route.c:1351 [inline] ip6_route_add+0xde/0x1b0 net/ipv6/route.c:3957 inet6_rtm_newroute+0x268/0x19e0 net/ipv6/route.c:5660 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7d5/0xbe0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6958 netlink_rcv_skb+0x232/0x4b0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x80f/0x9b0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344 netlink_sendmsg+0x813/0xb40 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:727 [inline] __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:742 [inline] ____sys_sendmsg+0xa68/0xad0 net/socket.c:2592 ___sys_sendmsg+0x2a5/0x360 net/socket.c:2646 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2678 [inline] __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2683 [inline] __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2681 [inline] __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x1bd/0x2a0 net/socket.c:2681 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xe2/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f9316b9aeb9 Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007ffd8809b678 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f9316e15fa0 RCX: 00007f9316b9aeb9 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000004380 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 00007f9316c08c1f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007f9316e15fac R14: 00007f9316e15fa0 R15: 00007f9316e15fa0 </TASK> Allocated by task 5499: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:398 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:415 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:263 [inline] __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5657 [inline] __kmalloc_noprof+0x40c/0x7e0 mm/slub.c:5669 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:961 [inline] kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1094 [inline] fib6_info_alloc+0x30/0xf0 net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c:155 ip6_route_info_create+0x142/0x860 net/ipv6/route.c:3820 ip6_route_add+0x49/0x1b0 net/ipv6/route.c:3949 inet6_rtm_newroute+0x268/0x19e0 net/ipv6/route.c:5660 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7d5/0xbe0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6958 netlink_rcv_skb+0x232/0x4b0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x80f/0x9b0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344 netlink_sendmsg+0x813/0xb40 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:727 [inline] __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:742 [inline] ____sys_sendmsg+0xa68/0xad0 net/socket.c:2592 ___sys_s ---truncated---
CVSS 3.1 score
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected versions
Linux kernel versions
6.6.124,
6.12.70,
6.18.10,
6.19
and later are affected. Fixed in
6.6.128,
6.12.75,
6.18.14,
6.19.4,
7.0
and their respective stable series.
References
The following references provide additional information about CVE-2026-46260 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03b5051e02f5a3772eee57493ad697d4b505b0c2
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/500e54615c97bc3c427e52305a6fcd38a0e008a3
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8244f959e2c125c849e569f5b23ed49804cce695
Frequently asked questions
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What is CVE-2026-46260?
CVE-2026-46260 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.6.124 onward and has been patched in 6.6.128, 6.12.75, 6.18.14 and others. CVE-2026-46260 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
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What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-46260?
CVE-2026-46260 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. -
Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-46260?
Yes — CVE-2026-46260 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.128, 6.12.75, 6.18.14 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.6.124 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
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Is CVE-2026-46260 actively exploited?
No — CVE-2026-46260 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.