The vulnerability of the fib_rules_lookup() function in the Linux operating system’s IPv6 kernel module allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the fibruleslookup function in the Linux IPv6 kernel module is related to access to resources through incompatible types when processing the values of rt6info and fib6info in the arg.result parameter. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service...