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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-72421" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-08-15T05:56:40.466Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-16T18:55:23.102Z" 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-2026-72421" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-72421.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72421" title: "ipv4: fib: Don't ignore error route in local/main tables." summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv4: fib: Don't ignore error route in local/main tables.\n\nWhen CONFIG_IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES is enabled but no rule is added,\nfib_lookup() performs route lookup directly on two tables.\n\nSince the first lookup does not properly bail out, the result\nof an error route in the merged local/main table could be\noverwritten by another route in the default table:\n\n # unshare -n\n # ip link set lo up\n # ip route add 192.168.0.0/24 dev lo table 253\n # ip route add unreachable 192.168.0.0/24\n # ip route get 192.168.0.1\n 192.168.0.1 dev lo table default uid 0\n cache \u003clocal\u003e\n\nOnce a random rule is added, the error route is respected:\n\n # ip rule add table 0\n # ip rule del table 0\n # ip route get 192.168.0.1\n RTNETLINK answers: No route to host\n\nLet's fix the inconsistent behaviour." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"f4530fa574df4d833506c53697ed1daa0d390bf4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a29e95fbc51e8a1b932773fd0e259b2080881443"},{"version":"f4530fa574df4d833506c53697ed1daa0d390bf4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"5ae18d87a45698e8244d0fcba64c658c35a7dd3d"},{"version":"f4530fa574df4d833506c53697ed1daa0d390bf4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9127589aabdee588278e8d0d0bd3709a760a92c8"},{"version":"f4530fa574df4d833506c53697ed1daa0d390bf4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"49eaf1403201357762d745a35882fb734107d763"},{"version":"f4530fa574df4d833506c53697ed1daa0d390bf4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"fd25996f57a95d56bc568c89b4921edcf334b7d8"},{"version":"f4530fa574df4d833506c53697ed1daa0d390bf4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"828fad4fd418bcdb9f5d66fec0d184c52a85ec31"},{"version":"f4530fa574df4d833506c53697ed1daa0d390bf4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a668fa160247d7bbe921548cb845f607b8b9305f"},{"version":"f4530fa574df4d833506c53697ed1daa0d390bf4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b72f0db64205d9ce462038ba995d5d31eff32dc1"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"3.6","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"3.6"},{"version":"5.10.261","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.212","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.178","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.145","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.97","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.40","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.5","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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