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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-64572" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-08-05T08:08:09.068Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-19T16:28:49.541Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z" 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-2026-64572" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-64572.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64572" title: "ipv4: fib: free fib_alias with kfree_rcu() on insert error path" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv4: fib: free fib_alias with kfree_rcu() on insert error path\n\nfib_table_insert() publishes new_fa into the leaf's fa_list with\nfib_insert_alias() before calling the fib entry notifiers. When a\nnotifier fails, the error path removes new_fa with fib_remove_alias()\n(hlist_del_rcu) and frees it right away with kmem_cache_free().\n\nfib_table_lookup() walks that list under rcu_read_lock() only, so a\nconcurrent lookup that already reached new_fa keeps reading it after the\nfree:\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in fib_table_lookup (net/ipv4/fib_trie.c:1601)\n Read of size 1 at addr ffff88810676d4eb by task exploit/297\n Call Trace:\n fib_table_lookup (net/ipv4/fib_trie.c:1601)\n ip_route_output_key_hash_rcu (net/ipv4/route.c:2814)\n ip_route_output_key_hash (net/ipv4/route.c:2705)\n __ip4_datagram_connect (net/ipv4/datagram.c:49)\n udp_connect (net/ipv4/udp.c:2144)\n __sys_connect (net/socket.c:2167)\n __x64_sys_connect (net/socket.c:2173)\n do_syscall_64\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe\n which belongs to the cache ip_fib_alias of size 56\n\nTriggering the error path needs CAP_NET_ADMIN and a registered fib\nnotifier that can reject a route; a netdevsim device whose IPv4 FIB\nresource is exhausted is enough.\n\nFree new_fa with alias_free_mem_rcu(), as fib_table_delete() already\ndoes for a fib_alias removed from the trie." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"a6c76c17df021b141b0d306828c9fe4ba2d2717c","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9d0778571def598c31e84a38ae5a7ebc6f65e6d8"},{"version":"a6c76c17df021b141b0d306828c9fe4ba2d2717c","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"bb03350f974aec352b660d032a1d283eb462165a"},{"version":"a6c76c17df021b141b0d306828c9fe4ba2d2717c","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6429c9cfd941e62acd7bb0bc64d631574d4c3b2a"},{"version":"a6c76c17df021b141b0d306828c9fe4ba2d2717c","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8150b5365f026e72250cacc527ea00be30f40105"},{"version":"a6c76c17df021b141b0d306828c9fe4ba2d2717c","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d007056868723de9c0cc3f5ffaad47a8d468b9a4"},{"version":"a6c76c17df021b141b0d306828c9fe4ba2d2717c","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"cb8be318b4432abd88d3172ec157330f27a5f7a7"},{"version":"a6c76c17df021b141b0d306828c9fe4ba2d2717c","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b8d2ea75c76abcd0d72679c2f488271f573e32fb"},{"version":"a6c76c17df021b141b0d306828c9fe4ba2d2717c","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f2f152e94a67bc746afaf05a1b2702c195553112"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.6","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.6"},{"version":"5.10.265","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.216","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.183","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.148","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.101","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.42","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.6","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2","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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