CVE-2026-97940— ipv6: fix fib6 walker UAF on seq stop
Quick assessment
Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
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在 Linux 内核中，已修复以下漏洞： IPv6：修复在序列文件停止时 fib6 遍历器出现的悬空指针（UAF）问题 函数将处于 （已卸载）状态且位于表根节点的遍历器视为已经解除链接。然而， 在某些情况下（例如当前叶子节点是该根节点下的最后一个路由）可能会将一个仍然处于链接状态的遍历器移动到相同的 状态。因此， 会跳过调用 函数。这导致序列文件的私有对象（seq private object）在被释放后，仍然保留在 列表中。后续的某些路由删除操作会遍历这个悬空的链表，并使用已被释放的遍历器，从而引发悬空指针引用（
Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI
T1203 · Exploitation for Client ExecutionAffected Version Matrix 10
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 8d2ca1d7b5c3e63b3a8a81ae99015b615c5f2bf7< 0eede1689610e9eeaf729ba86fd1321799eb91a0 |
affected |
8d2ca1d7b5c3e63b3a8a81ae99015b615c5f2bf7< b89b691dd00bf39b9ba39ab9446f8c62f419fa7b |
affected | ||
8d2ca1d7b5c3e63b3a8a81ae99015b615c5f2bf7< 4553cfafa8d05c4ce20b1d18f79d9bb3b303fc02 |
affected | ||
8d2ca1d7b5c3e63b3a8a81ae99015b615c5f2bf7< 19b4ed644d68098cc62ab612727f40d30f43476c |
affected | ||
3.13 |
affected | ||
< 3.13 |
unaffected | ||
6.12.111≤ 6.12.* |
unaffected | ||
6.18.53≤ 6.18.* |
unaffected | ||
| … +2 more rows | |||
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-97940
Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
ipv6: fix fib6 walker UAF on seq stop
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: fix fib6 walker UAF on seq stop
ipv6_route_iter_active() treats a walker in FWS_U at the table root as
already unlinked. fib6_del_route() can move a still-linked walker into
that same state when the current leaf is the last route at the root,
so ipv6_route_native_seq_stop() skips fib6_walker_unlink(). The seq
private object can then be freed while it remains on
net->ipv6.fib6_walkers. A later route deletion walks the dangling list
and uses the freed walker.
Use the list head as membership state and reinitialize it when
unlinking. Keep the existing w->node check so a never-started iterator
with a zeroed private object is not treated as linked.
The same stop helper is used by /proc/net/ipv6_route and by the BPF
ipv6_route iterator. The BPF show path only widens the race.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Affected Products
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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-97940 (4)
Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2026-09-25 · 372 CVEs total
| CVE-2026-100075 | 9.8 CRITICAL | RDMA/srpt: Fix srpt_alloc_rw_ctxs() unwind counters |
| CVE-2026-97555 | 8.8 HIGH | smb: client: fix heap overflow in DACL owner/group rewrite |
| CVE-2026-97957 | 8.8 HIGH | net: hinic: fix mailbox segment buffer overflow |
| CVE-2026-97527 | 8.8 HIGH | scsi: qla2xxx: Serialize NVMe unsol ctx list with a per-fcport lock |
| CVE-2026-97528 | 8.8 HIGH | scsi: qla2xxx: Unlink NVMe unsol ctx before freeing on LS reject error |
| CVE-2026-98115 | 8.8 HIGH | ksmbd: safely drain sessions during logoff |
| CVE-2026-97525 | 8.2 HIGH | x86/mm/pat: Allocate split page tables as kernel page tables |
| CVE-2026-98070 | 8.1 HIGH | net/rds: acquire RDS_IN_XMIT in rds_tcp_reset_callbacks() |
| CVE-2026-97573 | 8.1 HIGH | bnxt_en: Handle buffer allocation failure in bnxt_rx_ring_reset() |
| CVE-2026-97570 | 8.1 HIGH | bnxt_en: Bound SW TPA IDs to prevent crashes |
| CVE-2026-98069 | 8.1 HIGH | net/rds: acquire the fastpath locks in rds_conn_shutdown() |
| CVE-2026-98130 | 8.1 HIGH | sctp: fix a TOCTOU race in SCTP_CMD_TIMER_START |
| CVE-2026-98002 | 7.8 HIGH | iommu/amd: Fix ineffective error check in nested domain allocation |
| CVE-2026-97575 | 7.8 HIGH | media: v4l2-ctrls: validate AV1 tile counts |
| CVE-2026-97576 | 7.8 HIGH | media: v4l2-ctrls: validate HEVC tile counts |
| CVE-2026-98112 | 7.8 HIGH | ksmbd: fix listener task lifetime on netdev events |
| CVE-2026-97941 | 7.8 HIGH | mm/slab: take n->list_lock in __slab_try_return_freelist() to avoid race |
| CVE-2026-97937 | 7.8 HIGH | ftrace: fork: Initialize function graph state before copy_exec_state() |
| CVE-2026-98116 | 7.8 HIGH | ALSA: pcm: Serialize PCM mmap with buffer reallocation to fix page UAF |
| CVE-2026-97580 | 7.8 HIGH | media: rkvdec: bound HEVC tile loops and PPS id to the array capacity |
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