CVE-2025-38588
Estado: AnalizadaMedia (5.5)—
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: prevent infinite loop in rt6_nlmsg_size()
While testing prior patch, I was able to trigger an infinite loop in rt6_nlmsg_size() in the following place:
This is because fib6_del_route() and fib6_add_rt2node() uses list_del_rcu(), which can confuse rcu readers, because they might no longer see the head of the list.
Restart the loop if f6i->fib6_nsiblings is zero.
Detalles técnicos trazas, registros y código del informe original
list_for_each_entry_rcu(sibling, &f6i->fib6_siblings,
fib6_siblings) {
rt6_nh_nlmsg_size(sibling->fib6_nh, &nexthop_len);
}CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 5.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.16%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 5
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-835
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c13db3e47e170bab19e574404e7b6be45ea873d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46aeb66e9e54ed0d56c18615e1c3dbd502b327ab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54e6fe9dd3b0e7c481c2228782c9494d653546da
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d345136c9b875f065d226908a29c25cdf9343f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd8d8bbd9ced4cc5d06d858f67d4aa87745e8f38
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1b7932af47f92432be8303d2439d1bf77b0be23
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
JSON original (NVD)
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