CVE-2026-53259 ipv6: anycast: insert aca into global hash under idev->lock

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: anycast: insert aca into global hash under idev-lock syzbot reported a splat 1: a slab-use-after-free in ipv6chkacastaddr, which walks the global inet6acaddrlst hash under RCU and dereferences a struct ifacaddr6 that has...

CVE-2026-53259

CVE-2026-53259 (Linux kernel) fixes a race in IPv6 anycast address management. The root cause was a window where inserting an aca into the global inet6_acaddr_lst[] and its hash could be separated from the teardown path (RTNL), causing the ac_addr to be freed while still linked, i.e., a slab-use-...

CVE-2026-53259

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: anycast: insert aca into global hash under idev-lock syzbot reported a splat 1: a slab-use-after-free in ipv6chkacastaddr, which walks the global inet6acaddrlst hash under RCU and dereferences a struct ifacaddr6 that has...

PT-2026-52354

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description A slab-use-after-free issue exists in the ipv6 chk acast addr function. The problem occurs when an anycast address aca is allocated and added to the idev-ac list under idev-lock, but is...

EUVD-2026-28623

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: prevent possible UaF in addrconfpermanentaddr The mentioned helper try to warn the user about an exceptional condition, but the message is delivered too late, accessing the ipv6 after its possible deletion. Reorder the...

CVE-2022-48785 ipv6: mcast: use rcu-safe version of ipv6_get_lladdr()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: mcast: use rcu-safe version of ipv6getlladdr Some time ago 8965779d2c0e "ipv6,mcast: always hold idev-lock before mcalock" switched ipv6getlladdr to ipv6getlladdr, which is rcu-unsafe version. That was OK, because idev-lock...