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CVE-2026-72429NVD
Vulnerability Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: ioam: fix type confusion of dst_entry
IOAM uses a dummy dst_entry(null_dst) to mark that the destination should
not be changed after the transformation. This dst is stored in the IOAM lwt
state and may be passed to dst_cache_set_ip6().
However, the IPv6 dst cache path eventually calls rt6_get_cookie(), which
treats the dst_entry as part of a struct rt6_info. Since the null_dst was
embedded directly as a struct dst_entry in struct ioam6_lwt, this resulted
in an invalid cast and rt6_get_cookie() reading fields from the wrong
object.
In practice, the wrong cookie is not used while dst->obsolete is zero, but
rt6_get_cookie() may also access per-cpu value when rt->sernum is
zero. In this case, rt->sernum aliases ioam6_lwt::cache::reset_ts, which
can become zero, making this a potential invalid pointer access.
Fix this by embedding a full struct rt6_info for the dummy IPv6 route and
passing its dst member to the dst APIs.
ipv6: ioam: fix type confusion of dst_entry
IOAM uses a dummy dst_entry(null_dst) to mark that the destination should
not be changed after the transformation. This dst is stored in the IOAM lwt
state and may be passed to dst_cache_set_ip6().
However, the IPv6 dst cache path eventually calls rt6_get_cookie(), which
treats the dst_entry as part of a struct rt6_info. Since the null_dst was
embedded directly as a struct dst_entry in struct ioam6_lwt, this resulted
in an invalid cast and rt6_get_cookie() reading fields from the wrong
object.
In practice, the wrong cookie is not used while dst->obsolete is zero, but
rt6_get_cookie() may also access per-cpu value when rt->sernum is
zero. In this case, rt->sernum aliases ioam6_lwt::cache::reset_ts, which
can become zero, making this a potential invalid pointer access.
Fix this by embedding a full struct rt6_info for the dummy IPv6 route and
passing its dst member to the dst APIs.
CVSS v3.1 Base Metrics
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh