CVE-2026-74289EPSS p2.0%
CVE-2026-74289CVE-2026-74289
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv4: fib: Don't dump dying fib_info in fib_leaf_notify().
syzbot reported use-after-free in nsim_fib4_prepare_event(). [0]
The problem is that the following functions call fib_info_hold() /
refcount_inc() while dumping fib_info under RCU, which is unsafe.
* mlxsw_sp_router_fib4_event()
* rocker_router_fib_event()
* nsim_fib4_prepare_event()
refcount_inc_not_zero() must be used, but it would be too late
there.
Let's guarantee the lifetime of fib_info in fib_leaf_notify().
Note that IPv6 does not need the corresponding change since
fib6_table_dump() holds fib6_table.tb6_lock.
[0]:
refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free.
WARNING: lib/refcount.c:25 at refcount_warn_saturate+0x9f/0x110 lib/refcount.c:25, CPU#0: kworker/u8:15/3420
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 3420 Comm: kworker/u8:15 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)}
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.13% probability of exploitation · percentile 2.0% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z |
| Last modified | 2026-10-03 |