CVE-2026-23300 — Missing Initialization of Resource in Linux
Severity
7.5HIGH
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 90.94%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 25
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ipv6: fix panic when IPv4 route references loopback IPv6 nexthop
When a standalone IPv6 nexthop object is created with a loopback device
(e.g., "ip -6 nexthop add id 100 dev lo"), fib6_nh_init() misclassifies
it as a reject route. This is because nexthop objects have no destination
prefix (fc_dst=::), causing fib6_is_reject() to match any loopback
nexthop. The reject path skips fib_nh_common_init(), leaving
nhc_pcpu_rth_o…
Affected Packages5 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux493ced1ac47c48bb86d9d4e8e87df8592be85a0e — b5062fc2150614c9ea8a611c2e0cb6e047ebfa3a+6
🔴Vulnerability Details
3OSV▶
CVE-2026-23300: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ipv6: fix panic when IPv4 route references loopback IPv6 nexthop When a stand↗2026-03-25
GHSA▶
GHSA-77gg-4hmh-hwxc: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ipv6: fix panic when IPv4 route references loopback IPv6 nexthop
When a sta↗2026-03-25
📋Vendor Advisories
3Debian▶
CVE-2026-23300: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ipv6: ...↗2026