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    "id": "CVE-2025-38588",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38588",
    "idYear": 2025,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2025-08-19T17:03:09.856Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-23T16:00:10.425Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:57:34.152Z",
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      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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      "title": "ipv6: prevent infinite loop in rt6_nlmsg_size()",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv6: prevent infinite loop in rt6_nlmsg_size()\n\nWhile testing prior patch, I was able to trigger\nan infinite loop in rt6_nlmsg_size() in the following place:\n\nlist_for_each_entry_rcu(sibling, &f6i->fib6_siblings,\n\t\t\tfib6_siblings) {\n\trt6_nh_nlmsg_size(sibling->fib6_nh, &nexthop_len);\n}\n\nThis is because fib6_del_route() and fib6_add_rt2node()\nuses list_del_rcu(), which can confuse rcu readers,\nbecause they might no longer see the head of the list.\n\nRestart the loop if f6i->fib6_nsiblings is zero.",
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