Bug 2482644 (CVE-2026-46172) - CVE-2026-46172 kernel: ipv6: xfrm6: release dst on error in xfrm6_rcv_encap()
Summary: CVE-2026-46172 kernel: ipv6: xfrm6: release dst on error in xfrm6_rcv_encap()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-46172
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 DevOps Team
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Reported: 2026-05-28 11:07 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-28 15:04 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-28 11:07:23 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipv6: xfrm6: release dst on error in xfrm6_rcv_encap()

xfrm6_rcv_encap() performs an IPv6 route lookup when the skb does not
already have a dst attached. ip6_route_input_lookup() returns a
referenced dst entry even when the lookup resolves to an error route.

If dst->error is set, xfrm6_rcv_encap() drops the skb without attaching
the dst to the skb and without releasing the reference returned by the
lookup. Repeated packets hitting this path therefore leak dst entries.

Release the dst before jumping to the drop path.


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