CVE-2025-38588

EUVD-2025-27917
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:

list_for_each_entry_rcu(sibling, &f6i->fib6_siblings,
			fib6_siblings) {
	rt6_nh_nlmsg_size(sibling->fib6_nh, &nexthop_len);
}

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.
Infinite Loop
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
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
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 1%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
6.1.128 ≤
𝑥
< 6.1.148
linuxlinux_kernel
6.6.75 ≤
𝑥
< 6.6.102
linuxlinux_kernel
6.11.11 ≤
𝑥
< 6.12
linuxlinux_kernel
6.12.2 ≤
𝑥
< 6.12.42
linuxlinux_kernel
6.13 ≤
𝑥
< 6.15.10
linuxlinux_kernel
6.16 ≤
𝑥
< 6.16.1
debiandebian_linux
11.0
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
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Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
6.1.159-1
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.162-1
fixed
bullseye
5.10.223-1
not-affected
bullseye (security)
5.10.249-1
fixed
forky
6.18.9-1
fixed
sid
6.18.12-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.63-1
fixed
trixie (security)
6.12.73-1
fixed
linux-6.1
bullseye (security)
6.1.162-1~deb11u1
fixed