CVE-2026-97596 PUBLISHED

ipvs: reject invalid states in connection template sync records

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 24.09.2026 Published: 25.09.2026 Updated: 25.09.2026

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

ipvs: reject invalid states in connection template sync records

IPVS sync receivers validate protocol states before creating or updating a connection. For connection templates, however, they only log states outside the template state range and still store the value in the connection.

A template can be returned by ordinary connection lookup. TCP and SCTP then use the invalid state as an index into their transition tables.

Reject invalid template states in both sync protocol versions before looking up or modifying a connection. The version 1 path handles both IPv4 and IPv6 records.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 275411430f892407b885be1de2548b2e632892c3 to fc10dc4511e6e2e2b4098ee115c8e5639471f23d (excl.)
  • affected from 275411430f892407b885be1de2548b2e632892c3 to 50c3f06222eafe9cca7ca51a0ef83311d7cab353 (excl.)
  • affected from 275411430f892407b885be1de2548b2e632892c3 to 0c61f7d8e18a978aec2a16d9acd5f682f1c72476 (excl.)
  • affected from 275411430f892407b885be1de2548b2e632892c3 to 74cb39735b6cd0aff4b5584158f09376fd97aadf (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 4.19 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 4.19 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.111 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.53 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.7 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc3 to * (incl.)

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