Bug 2535068 (CVE-2026-89790) - CVE-2026-89790 kernel: ipv6: avoid divide by zero in rt6_multipath_rebalance
Summary: CVE-2026-89790 kernel: ipv6: avoid divide by zero in rt6_multipath_rebalance
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-89790
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-16 09:11 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-20 13:10 UTC (History)
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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.


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