ipv6: prevent possible UaF in addrconf_permanent_addr() (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-43339
HIGH 7.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.16 % · percentile 5 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: prevent possible UaF in addrconf_permanent_addr() The mentioned helper try to warn the user about an exceptional condition, but the message is delivered too late, accessing the ipv6 after its possible deletion. Reorder the statement to avoid the possible UaF; while at it, place the warning outside the idev->lock as it needs no protection.

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected f1705ec197e705b79ea40fe7a2cc5acfa1d3bfac < eec49a33611f20336b357b3953df44f1a02049e8 ; affected f1705ec197e705b79ea40fe7a2cc5acfa1d3bfac < bacc7f31085c9820922f00bc7d79756ffa13123a ; affected f1705ec197e705b79ea40fe7a2cc5acfa1d3bfac < 7bfafa1b0cd582983ebec6bb20f0a435528fe567 ; affected f1705ec197e705b79ea40fe7a2cc5acfa1d3bfac < 7d9f2f4aabd116ca68fbdab5d8fb8dac74c2ea1e ; affected f1705ec197e705b79ea40fe7a2cc5acfa1d3bfac < 25357b670afb5b517096da783abaa5cc4bf8359e ; affected f1705ec197e705b79ea40fe7a2cc5acfa1d3bfac < 3cd4efb5df72843dfac892d0b3c7a4a8bd926b65
Linux · Linuxaffected 4.6 ; unaffected 0 < 4.6 ; unaffected 5.10.253 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.203 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.168 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.134 ≤ 6.6.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD