CVE-2026-74581
highCVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.4%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 67% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: August 21, 2026 (16 days ago)
Last Modified: August 21, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Fix Available: ✓ Yes
Source: REDHAT
Vulnerability Report
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ipv6: clear suppressed fib6 rule result
fib6_rule_suppress() drops a suppressed route with ip6_rt_put_flags(),
but leaves res->rt6 pointing at the released rt6_info.
If no later rule supplies a replacement, fib6_rule_lookup() still sees
res.rt6 and returns that stale dst to its caller. A suppressing rule can
therefore leak a released route back to rt6_lookup(), and the next put
hits rcuref_put_slowpath() from dst_release().
Clear res->rt6 when suppressing the route so suppressed lookups fall
through to the null dst instead of reusing the released one.
CWE
CWE-416Affected Products
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-OnRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-OnRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions