Bug 2516646 (CVE-2026-72392) - CVE-2026-72392 kernel: ipv6: fib6: fix NULL deref in fib6_walk_continue() on multi-batch dump
Summary: CVE-2026-72392 kernel: ipv6: fib6: fix NULL deref in fib6_walk_continue() on ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72392
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:23 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-19 15:11 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:23:42 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipv6: fib6: fix NULL deref in fib6_walk_continue() on multi-batch dump

inet6_dump_fib() saves its progress in cb->args[1] as a positional
index within the current hash chain.  Between batches, a concurrent
fib6_new_table() can insert a new table at the chain head, shifting
all existing entries.  The saved index then lands on a different
table, causing fib6_dump_table() to set w->root to the wrong table
while w->node still points into the previous one.
fib6_walk_continue() dereferences w->node->parent (NULL) and panics:

  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008
  RIP: 0010:fib6_walk_continue+0x6e/0x170
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   fib6_dump_table.isra.0+0xc5/0x240
   inet6_dump_fib+0xf6/0x420
   rtnl_dumpit+0x30/0xa0
   netlink_dump+0x15b/0x460
   netlink_recvmsg+0x1d6/0x2a0
   ____sys_recvmsg+0x17a/0x190

Fix by storing tb->tb6_id in cb->args[1] instead of a positional
index.  On resume, skip entries until the id matches; a concurrent
head-insert can never match the saved id, so the walker always
resumes on the correct table.


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