CVE-2026-97472 ipv6: addrconf: fix temp address generation after prefix deprecation

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: addrconf: fix temp address generation after prefix deprecation When a router temporarily deprecates an IPv6 prefix either by sending a Router Advertisement with Preferred Lifetime = 0 or by letting the lifetime expire and...

CVE-2026-97472

The Linux kernel contains a vulnerability in the ipv6 addrconf component where the system permanently loses the ability to generate temporary privacy addresses (RFC 8981) for a prefix after it has been temporarily deprecated and subsequently restored by a router. The root cause is that the addres...