CVE-2026-74550
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: do not send ICMP/NDISC Redirects when peer allocation fails
When inet_getpeer_v4() or inet_getpeer_v6() fails to allocate a peer entry under memory pressure or tree size caps, redirect handlers previously fell back to sending un-rate-limited ICMP/NDISC Redirect messages.
In IPv4, ip_rt_send_redirect() called icmp_send() directly when peer == NULL. In IPv6, ip6_forward() and ndisc_send_redirect() passed a NULL peer into inet_peer_xrlim_allow(), which returned true when peer == NULL.
Because ICMP/NDISC Redirects are not part of the default global rate limit mask (sysctl_icmp_ratemask), sending redirects when peer == NULL creates an un-rate-limited ICMP packet storm.
Fix this by failing closed in ip_rt_send_redirect(), ip6_forward(), and ndisc_send_redirect() when peer is NULL.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 92d8682926342d2b6aa5b2ecc02221e00e1573a0 < f5ecaa7ea7686fa7ecdb6affc9d3a9a42e4524b1 | affected |
| Linux | Linux | 92d8682926342d2b6aa5b2ecc02221e00e1573a0 < 21666f7af49a90ef44d474916b8ef4402dfd74f5 | affected |
| Linux | Linux | 92d8682926342d2b6aa5b2ecc02221e00e1573a0 < 5ec5f00fc606a6df8434948c4552b3cb1176595d | affected |
| Linux | Linux | 92d8682926342d2b6aa5b2ecc02221e00e1573a0 < 828f6670d110ff2bf44c743037b38badc315704c | affected |
| Linux | Linux | 92d8682926342d2b6aa5b2ecc02221e00e1573a0 < dbc3791e3b2472e1ccc08947e0f83b443470ff4f | affected |
| Linux | Linux | 2.6.39 | affected |
| Linux | Linux | 0 < 2.6.39 | unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 6.6.151 <= 6.6.* | unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 6.12.103 <= 6.12.* | unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 6.18.44 <= 6.18.* | unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 7.1.8 <= 7.1.* | unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 7.2-rc6 <= * | unaffected |
Weaknesses
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5ecaa7ea7686fa7ecdb6affc9d3a9a42e4524b1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21666f7af49a90ef44d474916b8ef4402dfd74f5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ec5f00fc606a6df8434948c4552b3cb1176595d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/828f6670d110ff2bf44c743037b38badc315704c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbc3791e3b2472e1ccc08947e0f83b443470ff4f
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