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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31680

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31680 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ipv6: flowlabel: defer exclusive option free until RCU teardown `ip6fl_seq_show()` walks the global flowlabel hash under the seq-file RCU read-side lock and prints `fl->opt->opt_nflen` when an option block is present. Exclusive flowlabels currently free `fl->opt` as soon as `fl->users` drops to zero in `fl_release()`. However, the surrounding `struct ip6_flowlabel` remains visible in the global hash table until later garbage collection removes it and `fl_free_rcu()` finally tears it down. A concurrent `/proc/net/ip6_flowlabel` reader can therefore race that early `kfree()` and dereference freed option state, triggering a crash in `ip6fl_seq_show()`. Fix this by keeping `fl->opt` alive until `fl_free_rcu()`. That matches the lifetime already required for the enclosing flowlabel while readers can still reach it under RCU.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14linux6.17.9-1, 6.12.63-1, 6.12.63-1
Debian:13linux6.12.85-1, 6.12.73-1, 6.12.74-1
Debian:12linux6.7.9-2, 6.8.11-1, 6.8.12-1~bpo12+1
Debian:11linux5.16.7-2, 0, 5.10.103-1~bpo10+1
Debian:11linux-6.16.1.158-1, 6.1.159-1, 6.1.162-1
Debianlinux

Timeline

  • Apr 25, 2026 CVE Published
  • May 2, 2026 CVE Updated
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