Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nexthop: initialize extack in nh_res_bucket_migrate()
nh_res_bucket_migrate() passes an uninitialized netlink_ext_ack to
call_nexthop_res_bucket_notifiers(). When
nh_notifier_res_bucket_info_init() fails (e.g. the kzalloc returns
-ENOMEM), the error is propagated back before any notifier sets
extack._msg, and the error path formats the stale pointer with
pr_err_ratelimited("%s\n", extack._msg). With CONFIG_INIT_STACK_NONE
this dereferences uninitialized stack memory:
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address ...
KASAN: maybe wild-memory-access in range [...]
RIP: 0010:string (lib/vsprintf.c:730)
vsnprintf (lib/vsprintf.c:2945)
_printk (kernel/printk/printk.c:2504)
nh_res_bucket_migrate (net/ipv4/nexthop.c:1816)
nh_res_table_upkeep (net/ipv4/nexthop.c:1866)
rtm_new_nexthop (net/ipv4/nexthop.c:3323)
rtnetlink_rcv_msg (net/core/rtnetlink.c:7076)
netlink_sendmsg (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1900)
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
Zero-initialize extack so _msg is NULL on error paths that never set it.
nexthop: initialize extack in nh_res_bucket_migrate()
nh_res_bucket_migrate() passes an uninitialized netlink_ext_ack to
call_nexthop_res_bucket_notifiers(). When
nh_notifier_res_bucket_info_init() fails (e.g. the kzalloc returns
-ENOMEM), the error is propagated back before any notifier sets
extack._msg, and the error path formats the stale pointer with
pr_err_ratelimited("%s\n", extack._msg). With CONFIG_INIT_STACK_NONE
this dereferences uninitialized stack memory:
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address ...
KASAN: maybe wild-memory-access in range [...]
RIP: 0010:string (lib/vsprintf.c:730)
vsnprintf (lib/vsprintf.c:2945)
_printk (kernel/printk/printk.c:2504)
nh_res_bucket_migrate (net/ipv4/nexthop.c:1816)
nh_res_table_upkeep (net/ipv4/nexthop.c:1866)
rtm_new_nexthop (net/ipv4/nexthop.c:3323)
rtnetlink_rcv_msg (net/core/rtnetlink.c:7076)
netlink_sendmsg (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1900)
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
Zero-initialize extack so _msg is NULL on error paths that never set it.
Published:
2026-08-05
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Wed, 05 Aug 2026 08:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nexthop: initialize extack in nh_res_bucket_migrate() nh_res_bucket_migrate() passes an uninitialized netlink_ext_ack to call_nexthop_res_bucket_notifiers(). When nh_notifier_res_bucket_info_init() fails (e.g. the kzalloc returns -ENOMEM), the error is propagated back before any notifier sets extack._msg, and the error path formats the stale pointer with pr_err_ratelimited("%s\n", extack._msg). With CONFIG_INIT_STACK_NONE this dereferences uninitialized stack memory: Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address ... KASAN: maybe wild-memory-access in range [...] RIP: 0010:string (lib/vsprintf.c:730) vsnprintf (lib/vsprintf.c:2945) _printk (kernel/printk/printk.c:2504) nh_res_bucket_migrate (net/ipv4/nexthop.c:1816) nh_res_table_upkeep (net/ipv4/nexthop.c:1866) rtm_new_nexthop (net/ipv4/nexthop.c:3323) rtnetlink_rcv_msg (net/core/rtnetlink.c:7076) netlink_sendmsg (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1900) Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception Zero-initialize extack so _msg is NULL on error paths that never set it. | |
| Title | nexthop: initialize extack in nh_res_bucket_migrate() | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-05T08:09:32.529Z
Reserved: 2026-07-19T15:36:31.798Z
Link: CVE-2026-64576
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-08-05T10:00:03Z
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