CVE-2026-46099

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: ipv6: fix NOREF dst use in seg6 and rpl lwtunnels

seg6_input_core() and rpl_input() call ip6_route_input() which sets a NOREF dst on the skb, then pass it to dst_cache_set_ip6() invoking dst_hold() unconditionally. On PREEMPT_RT, ksoftirqd is preemptible and a higher-priority task can release the underlying pcpu_rt between the lookup and the caching through a concurrent FIB lookup on a shared nexthop. Simplified race sequence:

ksoftirqd/X higher-prio task (same CPU X)

seg6_input_core(,skb)/rpl_input(skb) dst_cache_get() -> miss ip6_route_input(skb) -> ip6_pol_route(,skb,flags) [RT6_LOOKUP_F_DST_NOREF in flags] -> FIB lookup resolves fib6_nh [nhid=N route] -> rt6_make_pcpu_route() [creates pcpu_rt, refcount=1] pcpu_rt->sernum = fib6_sernum [fib6_sernum=W] -> cmpxchg(fib6_nh.rt6i_pcpu, NULL, pcpu_rt) [slot was empty, store succeeds] -> skb_dst_set_noref(skb, dst) [dst is pcpu_rt, refcount still 1]

                                rt_genid_bump_ipv6()
                                  -> bumps fib6_sernum
                                     [fib6_sernum from W to Z]
                                ip6_route_output()
                                  -> ip6_pol_route()
                                    -> FIB lookup resolves fib6_nh
                                       [nhid=N]
                                    -> rt6_get_pcpu_route()
                                         pcpu_rt->sernum != fib6_sernum
                                         [W <> Z, stale]
                                      -> prev = xchg(rt6i_pcpu, NULL)
                                      -> dst_release(prev)...