In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ipv6: fix dst ref loops in rpl, seg6 and ioam6 lwtunnels Some lwtunnels have a dst cache for post-transformation dst. If the packet destination did not change we may end up recording a reference to the lwtunnel in its own cache, and the lwtunnel state will never be freed. Discovered by the ioam6.sh test, kmemleak was recently fixed to catch per-cpu memory leaks. I'm not sure if rpl and seg6 can actually hit this, but in principle I don't see why not.
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Sat, 03 May 2025 06:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'}

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{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'}


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Thu, 27 Feb 2025 02:45:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ipv6: fix dst ref loops in rpl, seg6 and ioam6 lwtunnels Some lwtunnels have a dst cache for post-transformation dst. If the packet destination did not change we may end up recording a reference to the lwtunnel in its own cache, and the lwtunnel state will never be freed. Discovered by the ioam6.sh test, kmemleak was recently fixed to catch per-cpu memory leaks. I'm not sure if rpl and seg6 can actually hit this, but in principle I don't see why not.
Title net: ipv6: fix dst ref loops in rpl, seg6 and ioam6 lwtunnels
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-02-27T02:18:17.553Z

Updated: 2025-05-04T07:20:42.186Z

Reserved: 2024-12-29T08:45:45.762Z

Link: CVE-2025-21768

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-02-27T03:15:17.480

Modified: 2025-02-27T03:15:17.480

Link: CVE-2025-21768

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-02-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-21768 - Bugzilla