Bug 2516395 (CVE-2026-72421) - CVE-2026-72421 kernel: ipv4: fib: Don't ignore error route in local/main tables
Summary: CVE-2026-72421 kernel: ipv4: fib: Don't ignore error route in local/main tables
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72421
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:10 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-19 16:27 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:10:14 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipv4: fib: Don't ignore error route in local/main tables.

When CONFIG_IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES is enabled but no rule is added,
fib_lookup() performs route lookup directly on two tables.

Since the first lookup does not properly bail out, the result
of an error route in the merged local/main table could be
overwritten by another route in the default table:

  # unshare -n
  # ip link set lo up
  # ip route add 192.168.0.0/24 dev lo table 253
  # ip route add unreachable 192.168.0.0/24
  # ip route get 192.168.0.1
  192.168.0.1 dev lo table default uid 0
      cache <local>

Once a random rule is added, the error route is respected:

  # ip rule add table 0
  # ip rule del table 0
  # ip route get 192.168.0.1
  RTNETLINK answers: No route to host

Let's fix the inconsistent behaviour.


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