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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:dst: fix races in rt6_uncached_list_del() and rt_del_uncached_list()
syzbot was able to crash the kernel in rt6_uncached_list_flush_dev()
in an interesting way [1]
Crash happens in list_del_init()/INIT_LIST_HEAD() while writing
list->prev, while the prior write on list->next went well.
static inline void INIT_LIST_HEAD(struct list_head *list)
{
WRITE_ONCE(list->next, list); // This went well
WRITE_ONCE(list->prev, list); // Crash, @list has been freed.
}
Issue here is that rt6_uncached_list_del() did not attempt to lock
ul->lock, as list_empty(&rt->dst.rt_uncached) returned
true because the WRITE_ONCE(list->next, list) happened on the other CPU.
We might use list_del_init_careful() and list_empty_careful(),
or make sure rt6_uncached_list_del() always grabs the spinlock
whenever rt->dst.rt_uncached_list has been set.
A similar fix is neeed for IPv4.
[1]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in INIT_LIST_HEAD include/linux/list.h:46 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in list_del_init include/linux/list.h:296 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rt6_uncached_list_flush_dev net/ipv6/route.c:191 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rt6_disable_ip+0x633/0x730 net/ipv6/route.c:5020
Write of size 8 at addr ffff8880294cfa78 by task kworker/u8:14/3450
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 3450 Comm: kworker/u8:14 Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)}
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
Workqueue: netns cleanup_net
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
print_report+0xca/0x240 mm/kasan/report.c:482
kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595
INIT_LIST_HEAD include/linux/list.h:46 [inline]
list_del_init include/linux/list.h:296 [inline]
rt6_uncached_list_flush_dev net/ipv6/route.c:191 [inline]
rt6_disable_ip+0x633/0x730 net/ipv6/route.c:5020
addrconf_ifdown+0x143/0x18a0 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:3853
addrconf_notify+0x1bc/0x1050 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:-1
notifier_call_chain+0x19d/0x3a0 kernel/notifier.c:85
call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2268 [inline]
call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2282 [inline]
netif_close_many+0x29c/0x410 net/core/dev.c:1785
unregister_netdevice_many_notify+0xb50/0x2330 net/core/dev.c:12353
ops_exit_rtnl_list net/core/net_namespace.c:187 [inline]
ops_undo_list+0x3dc/0x990 net/core/net_namespace.c:248
cleanup_net+0x4de/0x7b0 net/core/net_namespace.c:696
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3257 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xad1/0x1770 kernel/workqueue.c:3340
worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3421
kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
ret_from_fork+0x510/0xa50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246
</TASK>
Allocated by task 803:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline]
kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78
unpoison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:340 [inline]
__kasan_slab_alloc+0x6c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:366
kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:253 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4953 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5263 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x18d/0x6c0 mm/slub.c:5270
dst_alloc+0x105/0x170 net/core/dst.c:89
ip6_dst_alloc net/ipv6/route.c:342 [inline]
icmp6_dst_alloc+0x75/0x460 net/ipv6/route.c:3333
mld_sendpack+0x683/0xe60 net/ipv6/mcast.c:1844
mld_send_cr net/ipv6/mcast.c:2154 [inline]
mld_ifc_work+0x83e/0xd60 net/ipv6/mcast.c:2693
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3257 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xad1/0x1770 kernel/workqueue.c:3340
worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3421
kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
ret_from_fork+0x510/0xa50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entr
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | kernel-source-rt | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | kernel-default | Analysis |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 | kernel-default | Analysis |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 | kernel-source-azure | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 | kernel-source-rt | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | kernel-source-azure | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | kernel-default | Analysis |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | kernel-source-azure | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | kernel-source-azure | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 | kernel-default | Analysis |
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| SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 | kernel-source-rt | Analysis |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | kernel-default | Analysis |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | kernel-source-azure | Analysis |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | kernel-source-rt | Analysis |
| Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5 | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4 | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP5 | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP5 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | kernel-default | Analysis |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security | kernel-default | Analysis |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | kernel-default | Analysis |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | kernel-default | Analysis |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | kernel-default | Analysis |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 | kernel-source-azure | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | kernel-rt | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | kernel-source-rt | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Analysis |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP6 | kernel-source-azure | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Analysis |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 | kernel-source-rt | Analysis |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | kernel-source-rt | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5 | kernel-source-rt | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 | kernel-source-rt | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | kernel-source-azure | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | kernel-default | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP3 | kernel-source-rt | Analysis |
| SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP4 | kernel-source-rt | Analysis |
| SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 | kernel-source-rt | Analysis |
| SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 | kernel-source-rt | Analysis |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | kernel-source-rt | Analysis |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | kernel-source-rt | Analysis |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | kernel-source | Analysis |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | kernel-source-rt | Analysis |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Sun Jan 25 16:02:21 2026CVE page last modified: Mon Jan 26 14:54:31 2026