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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-46099" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-05-27T12:59:04.628Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T19:26:43.421Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:14.884Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-46099" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-46099.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46099" title: "net: ipv6: fix NOREF dst use in seg6 and rpl lwtunnels" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: ipv6: fix NOREF dst use in seg6 and rpl lwtunnels\n\nseg6_input_core() and rpl_input() call ip6_route_input() which sets a\nNOREF dst on the skb, then pass it to dst_cache_set_ip6() invoking\ndst_hold() unconditionally.\nOn PREEMPT_RT, ksoftirqd is preemptible and a higher-priority task can\nrelease the underlying pcpu_rt between the lookup and the caching\nthrough a concurrent FIB lookup on a shared nexthop.\nSimplified race sequence:\n\n ksoftirqd/X higher-prio task (same CPU X)\n ----------- --------------------------------\n seg6_input_core(,skb)/rpl_input(skb)\n dst_cache_get()\n -\u003e miss\n ip6_route_input(skb)\n -\u003e ip6_pol_route(,skb,flags)\n [RT6_LOOKUP_F_DST_NOREF in flags]\n -\u003e FIB lookup resolves fib6_nh\n [nhid=N route]\n -\u003e rt6_make_pcpu_route()\n [creates pcpu_rt, refcount=1]\n pcpu_rt-\u003esernum = fib6_sernum\n [fib6_sernum=W]\n -\u003e cmpxchg(fib6_nh.rt6i_pcpu,\n NULL, pcpu_rt)\n [slot was empty, store succeeds]\n -\u003e skb_dst_set_noref(skb, dst)\n [dst is pcpu_rt, refcount still 1]\n\n rt_genid_bump_ipv6()\n -\u003e bumps fib6_sernum\n [fib6_sernum from W to Z]\n ip6_route_output()\n -\u003e ip6_pol_route()\n -\u003e FIB lookup resolves fib6_nh\n [nhid=N]\n -\u003e rt6_get_pcpu_route()\n pcpu_rt-\u003esernum != fib6_sernum\n [W \u003c\u003e Z, stale]\n -\u003e prev = xchg(rt6i_pcpu, NULL)\n -\u003e dst_release(prev)\n [prev is pcpu_rt,\n refcount 1-\u003e0, dead]\n\n dst = skb_dst(skb)\n [dst is the dead pcpu_rt]\n dst_cache_set_ip6(dst)\n -\u003e dst_hold() on dead dst\n -\u003e WARN / use-after-free\n\nFor the race to occur, ksoftirqd must be preemptible (PREEMPT_RT without\nPREEMPT_RT_NEEDS_BH_LOCK) and a concurrent task must be able to release\nthe pcpu_rt. Shared nexthop objects provide such a path, as two routes\npointing to the same nhid share the same fib6_nh and its rt6i_pcpu\nentry.\n\nFix seg6_input_core() and rpl_input() by calling skb_dst_force() after\nip6_route_input() to force the NOREF dst into a refcounted one before\ncaching.\nThe output path is not affected as ip6_route_output() already returns a\nrefcounted dst." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"af4a2209b1344939eaac11f269c261d347cbc3ee","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"51fef5a7c4d160839199e941929456ba21ddf73c"},{"version":"af4a2209b1344939eaac11f269c261d347cbc3ee","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b258b849a580285a1692e782ebc902b44c884a71"},{"version":"af4a2209b1344939eaac11f269c261d347cbc3ee","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6bd17925bd6866027a6555db17905b9fc073d38d"},{"version":"af4a2209b1344939eaac11f269c261d347cbc3ee","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"52f9db67f8f35f436366cf4980b4f0a2583d0ef0"},{"version":"af4a2209b1344939eaac11f269c261d347cbc3ee","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b778b6d095421619c331fd2d7751143cd5387103"},{"version":"af4a2209b1344939eaac11f269c261d347cbc3ee","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9dd5481f960e337b81d7dfe429529495c1c481c0"},{"version":"af4a2209b1344939eaac11f269c261d347cbc3ee","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f9c52a6ba9780bd27e0bf4c044fd91c13c778b6e"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"4.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.12"},{"version":"5.15.209","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.175","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.140","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.86","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.27","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.0.4","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*"},{"version":"7.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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