Bug 2562713 (CVE-2026-99121) - CVE-2026-99121 kernel: kernel: Denial of Service via division by zero during IPv4 route rebalancing
Summary: CVE-2026-99121 kernel: kernel: Denial of Service via division by zero during ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-99121
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-10-28 10:55 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-29 09:32 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-28 10:55:13 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipv4: avoid divide by zero in fib_rebalance

fib_rebalance() computes the total eligible nexthop weight in one pass
and programs upper bounds in a second pass. A concurrent change to
ignore_routes_with_linkdown can make the first pass return zero while
the second pass sees an eligible nexthop, resulting in division by zero.

If the first pass reports a zero total, set each nexthop upper bound to
-1 and skip the division. This matches the IPv6 fix in commit
d2c26c2911dd ("ipv6: avoid divide by zero in rt6_multipath_rebalance")
and preserves the lock-free rebalance path.


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