net: ipv6: fix dst ref loops in rpl, seg6 and ioam6 lwtunnels
Some lwtunnels have a dst cache for post-transformation dst.
If the packet destination did not change we may end up recording
a reference to the lwtunnel in its own cache, and the lwtunnel
state will never be freed.
Discovered by the ioam6.sh test, kmemleak was recently fixed
to catch per-cpu memory leaks. I'm not sure if rpl and seg6
can actually hit this, but in principle I don't see why not.
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Affected Vendors & Products
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EUVD |
EUVD-2025-5155 | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ipv6: fix dst ref loops in rpl, seg6 and ioam6 lwtunnels Some lwtunnels have a dst cache for post-transformation dst. If the packet destination did not change we may end up recording a reference to the lwtunnel in its own cache, and the lwtunnel state will never be freed. Discovered by the ioam6.sh test, kmemleak was recently fixed to catch per-cpu memory leaks. I'm not sure if rpl and seg6 can actually hit this, but in principle I don't see why not. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7521-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7521-2 | Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7521-3 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7703-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7703-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-7703-3 | Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities |
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USN-7703-4 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-7719-1 | Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities |
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USN-7737-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
Tue, 28 Oct 2025 20:30:00 +0000
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
Sat, 03 May 2025 06:45:00 +0000
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cvssV3_1
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cvssV3_1
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Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-401 | |
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cvssV3_1
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cvssV3_1
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cvssV3_1
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Thu, 27 Feb 2025 02:45:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ipv6: fix dst ref loops in rpl, seg6 and ioam6 lwtunnels Some lwtunnels have a dst cache for post-transformation dst. If the packet destination did not change we may end up recording a reference to the lwtunnel in its own cache, and the lwtunnel state will never be freed. Discovered by the ioam6.sh test, kmemleak was recently fixed to catch per-cpu memory leaks. I'm not sure if rpl and seg6 can actually hit this, but in principle I don't see why not. | |
| Title | net: ipv6: fix dst ref loops in rpl, seg6 and ioam6 lwtunnels | |
| References |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-05-04T07:20:42.186Z
Reserved: 2024-12-29T08:45:45.762Z
Link: CVE-2025-21768
No data.
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-02-27T03:15:17.480
Modified: 2025-10-28T20:28:41.980
Link: CVE-2025-21768
OpenCVE Enrichment
No data.
EUVD
Ubuntu USN