Bug 2502391 (CVE-2026-63969) - CVE-2026-63969 kernel: ipv6: fix possible infinite loop in rt6_fill_node()
Summary: CVE-2026-63969 kernel: ipv6: fix possible infinite loop in rt6_fill_node()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-63969
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security
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Reported: 2026-07-19 16:05 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-07-21 23:04 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-19 16:05:40 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipv6: fix possible infinite loop in rt6_fill_node()

Sashiko reported this issue [1]. Apply the same fix as
commit f8d8ce1b515a ("ipv6: fix possible infinite loop in fib6_info_uses_dev()").

Writers holding tb6_lock can list_del_rcu(&rt->fib6_siblings)
without waiting for RCU readers; rt->fib6_siblings.next then still
points into the old ring and this softirq-side walker never reaches
&rt->fib6_siblings, causing a CPU stall. fib6_del_route() always
WRITE_ONCE()s rt->fib6_nsiblings to 0 before list_del_rcu(), so an
inside-loop check is a reliable detach signal.

[1] https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260526020227.4857-1-jiayuan.chen%40linux.dev


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