CVE-2026-45917 PUBLISHED

ipvs: do not keep dest_dst if dev is going down

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 13.05.2026 Published: 27.05.2026 Updated: 27.05.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipvs: do not keep dest_dst if dev is going down

There is race between the netdev notifier ip_vs_dst_event() and the code that caches dst with dev that is going down. As the FIB can be notified for the closed device after our handler finishes, it is possible valid route to be returned and cached resuling in a leaked dev reference until the dest is not removed.

To prevent new dest_dst to be attached to dest just after the handler dropped the old one, add a netif_running() check to make sure the notifier handler is not currently running for device that is closing.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 7a4f0761fce32ff4918a7c23b08db564ad33092d to 64af43033503458c46023e56d6ae7bb0f824b55f (excl.)
  • affected from 7a4f0761fce32ff4918a7c23b08db564ad33092d to bae53b3baf2ff2f45f9205c438818fc055601a54 (excl.)
  • affected from 7a4f0761fce32ff4918a7c23b08db564ad33092d to 024eb0bd19f507e6e7f0c7a7e5506d66b5dc1d3e (excl.)
  • affected from 7a4f0761fce32ff4918a7c23b08db564ad33092d to 8fde939b0206afc1d5846217a01a16b9bc8c7896 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 2.6.39 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 2.6.39 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.75 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.14 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.19.4 to 6.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0 to * (incl.)

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