CVE-2025-21768

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
LinuxCNA
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 6%
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
4.10 ≤
𝑥
< 6.12.16
linuxlinux_kernel
6.13 ≤
𝑥
< 6.13.4
linuxlinux_kernel
6.14:rc1
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
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Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bullseye
vulnerable
bullseye (security)
vulnerable
bookworm
vulnerable
bookworm (security)
vulnerable
trixie
6.12.57-1
fixed
trixie (security)
6.12.48-1
fixed
forky
6.17.9-1
fixed
sid
6.17.10-1
fixed