CVE-2026-31680
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ipv6: flowlabel: defer exclusive option free until RCU teardown `ip6fl_seq_show()` walks the global flowlabel hash under the seq-file RCU read-side lock and prints `fl->opt->opt_nflen` when an option block is present. Exclusive flowlabels currently free `fl->opt` as soon as `fl->users` drops to zero in `fl_release()`. However, the surrounding `struct ip6_flowlabel` remains visible in the global hash table until later garbage collection removes it and `fl_free_rcu()` finally tears it down. A concurrent `/proc/net/ip6_flowlabel` reader can therefore race that early `kfree()` and dereference freed option state, triggering a crash in `ip6fl_seq_show()`. Fix this by keeping `fl->opt` alive until `fl_free_rcu()`. That matches the lifetime already required for the enclosing flowlabel while readers can still reach it under RCU.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 6.1.170-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 6.19.12-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 6.19.12-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 6.12.85-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 6.1.170-1~deb11u1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | 5.10.253 | |
| linux-kernel | 7.0 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gcp | | |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c54b66c83fb8fcbde8e6a7bf90b65856e39f827
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/414726b69921fe6355ae453f5b35e68dd078342a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b6798024f7b2d535f3db1002c760143cdbd1bd3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/572ce62778519a7d4d1c15f55dd2e45a474133c4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a6b15f861b7c1304949e3350d23490a5fe429fd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c7fbdb8ffde6413640de7cfbd7c976c353e89f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8027964931785cb73d520ac70a342a3dc16c249b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ca562bb8e66978b53028fa32b1a190708e6a091
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31680.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-31680
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.