Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: flowlabel: cap duplicate leases per socket
ipv6_flowlabel_get() allocates an ipv6_fl_socklist entry for every
successful GET. The recheck path for a compatible existing flowlabel
links another lease without applying any lease admission check. Repeated
GET requests for one shareable label can therefore grow a socket's lease
list without bound.
Reject a new unprivileged lease once the socket already holds
FL_MAX_PER_SOCK leases. Check this on the shared recheck path so reuse
of a globally interned label, including the fl_intern() collision path,
is covered as well. New-label admission remains under the existing
mem_check() policy.
Use capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN) rather than ns_capable(), matching
mem_check(). An unprivileged user must not bypass the cap by creating a
user namespace and a netns where they have CAP_NET_ADMIN, which would
still consume host memory.
Check the capability only when the socket reaches the limit, so
successful unprivileged GET requests below the cap do not generate a
capability audit. Do the admission check before updating linger and
expires so a rejected GET does not refresh the shared label, matching
the existing socket-list allocation failure path.
ipv6: flowlabel: cap duplicate leases per socket
ipv6_flowlabel_get() allocates an ipv6_fl_socklist entry for every
successful GET. The recheck path for a compatible existing flowlabel
links another lease without applying any lease admission check. Repeated
GET requests for one shareable label can therefore grow a socket's lease
list without bound.
Reject a new unprivileged lease once the socket already holds
FL_MAX_PER_SOCK leases. Check this on the shared recheck path so reuse
of a globally interned label, including the fl_intern() collision path,
is covered as well. New-label admission remains under the existing
mem_check() policy.
Use capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN) rather than ns_capable(), matching
mem_check(). An unprivileged user must not bypass the cap by creating a
user namespace and a netns where they have CAP_NET_ADMIN, which would
still consume host memory.
Check the capability only when the socket reaches the limit, so
successful unprivileged GET requests below the cap do not generate a
capability audit. Do the admission check before updating linger and
expires so a rejected GET does not refresh the shared label, matching
the existing socket-list allocation failure path.
Published:
2026-09-25
Score:
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Linux | Linux | unaffected |
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| Linux | Linux | affected |
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History
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:30:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: flowlabel: cap duplicate leases per socket ipv6_flowlabel_get() allocates an ipv6_fl_socklist entry for every successful GET. The recheck path for a compatible existing flowlabel links another lease without applying any lease admission check. Repeated GET requests for one shareable label can therefore grow a socket's lease list without bound. Reject a new unprivileged lease once the socket already holds FL_MAX_PER_SOCK leases. Check this on the shared recheck path so reuse of a globally interned label, including the fl_intern() collision path, is covered as well. New-label admission remains under the existing mem_check() policy. Use capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN) rather than ns_capable(), matching mem_check(). An unprivileged user must not bypass the cap by creating a user namespace and a netns where they have CAP_NET_ADMIN, which would still consume host memory. Check the capability only when the socket reaches the limit, so successful unprivileged GET requests below the cap do not generate a capability audit. Do the admission check before updating linger and expires so a rejected GET does not refresh the shared label, matching the existing socket-list allocation failure path. | |
| Title | ipv6: flowlabel: cap duplicate leases per socket | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| References |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-25T10:22:12.378Z
Reserved: 2026-09-24T16:01:01.157Z
Link: CVE-2026-97597
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-25T11:17:11.017
Modified: 2026-09-25T11:17:11.017
Link: CVE-2026-97597
Redhat
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