Bug 2535068 (CVE-2026-89790)

Summary:	CVE-2026-89790 kernel: ipv6: avoid divide by zero in rt6_multipath_rebalance
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's IPv6 networking subsystem. A race condition can occur during IPv6 multipath route rebalancing, where a concurrent update can lead to a divide-by-zero error. This vulnerability can cause the kernel to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected system.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-16 09:11:22 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipv6: avoid divide by zero in rt6_multipath_rebalance

rt6_multipath_rebalance() calculates the total eligible nexthop weight
in one pass and programs upper bounds in a second pass. Since
RTM_NEWROUTE is RTNL-free, a concurrent
ignore_routes_with_linkdown update can make the first pass return zero
while the second sees an eligible nexthop, causing
rt6_upper_bound_set() to divide by zero.

UBSAN: division-overflow in net/ipv6/route.c:4845:17
Oops: divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
  rt6_upper_bound_set() net/ipv6/route.c:4845
  rt6_multipath_rebalance()
  fib6_add_rt2node()
  ip6_route_multipath_add()
  inet6_rtm_newroute()

Skip upper-bound calculation when the first pass reports a zero total.
This respects the lock-free performance considerations here and solves
insecure scenarios.

Comment 1 Keith Grant 2026-09-21 20:29:36 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-89790.mbox