ipv4: Handle attempt to delete multipath route when fib_info contains an nh reference
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv4: Handle attempt to delete multipath route when fib_info contains an nh reference Gwangun Jung reported a slab-out-of-bounds access in fib_nh_match: fib_nh_match+0xf98/0x1130 linux-6.0-rc7/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c:961 fib_table_delete+0x5f3/0xa40 linux-6.0-rc7/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c:1753 inet_rtm_delroute+0x2b3/0x380 linux-6.0-rc7/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c:874 Separate nexthop objects are mutually exclusive with the legacy multipath spec. Fix fib_nh_match to return if the config for the to be deleted route contains a multipath spec while the fib_info is using a nexthop object.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.10.158, 5.15.82, 5.4.226, 6.0.12
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-48999
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 02:52 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
ipv4: Handle attempt to delete multipath route when fib_info contains an nh reference
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 21 Oct 2024, 20:06 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv4: Handle attempt to delete multipath route when fib_info contains an nh reference Gwangun Jung reported a slab-out-of-bounds access in fib_nh_match: fib_nh_match+0xf98/0x1130 linux-6.0-rc7/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c:961 fib_table_delete+0x5f3/0xa40 linux-6.0-rc7/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c:1753 inet_rtm_delroute+0x2b3/0x380 linux-6.0-rc7/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c:874 Separate nexthop objects are mutually exclusive with the legacy multipath spec. Fix fib_nh_match to return if the config for the to be deleted route contains a multipath spec while the fib_info is using a nexthop object.
osv:CVE-2022-48999
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.4.226, 5.10.158, 5.15.82, 6.0.12
Complete source record
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