CVE-2026-99072
N/AIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv4: stop route notification sizing when nexthop group shrinks Commit 680aea08e78c ("net: ipv4: Emit notification when fib hardware flags are changed") added an RCU-only fib_nlmsg_size() call for asynchronous hardware flag notifications. fib_nlmsg_size() checks fib_info_num_path() before each iteration, then fib_info_nhc() independently reloads nh->nh_grp. If RTM_NEWNEXTHOP replaces a group with fewer paths between those loads, fib_info_nhc() returns NULL and fib_nexthop_nlmsg_size() dereferences it. Stop sizing when the indexed path is absent. Nexthop groups are dense, so the current snapshot has no later path.
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0.2%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 5th percentile
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Advisories
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-108738 EUVD · EUVD-2026-108738
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- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72d9d17092bb37b0717f12042a0817d01a1f9e78CVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-23T12:23:15.735Z
NVD · CVE-2026-99072 · Updated 2026-10-23T13:17:31.143 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad1c9f1b98c92609e9bb2ae8f05916defc3b0a54CVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-23T12:23:15.735Z
NVD · CVE-2026-99072 · Updated 2026-10-23T13:17:31.143 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1f48d1c2d5e9efd904dbbc2f2b3d41543e55c49CVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-23T12:23:15.735Z
NVD · CVE-2026-99072 · Updated 2026-10-23T13:17:31.143 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad2b3a68b8a7d5d27de88e05674e4adb1ce46d88CVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-23T12:23:15.735Z
NVD · CVE-2026-99072 · Updated 2026-10-23T13:17:31.143 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3daa33c7af92e38f2274bbd2576f58bfbaf89e6CVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-23T12:23:15.735Z
NVD · CVE-2026-99072 · Updated 2026-10-23T13:17:31.143