{"cve":"CVE-2026-89790","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-16T09:17:09.827","modified":"2026-10-19T09:18:22.690","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv6: avoid divide by zero in rt6_multipath_rebalance\n\nrt6_multipath_rebalance() calculates the total eligible nexthop weight\nin one pass and programs upper bounds in a second pass. Since\nRTM_NEWROUTE is RTNL-free, a concurrent\nignore_routes_with_linkdown update can make the first pass return zero\nwhile the second sees an eligible nexthop, causing\nrt6_upper_bound_set() to divide by zero.\n\nUBSAN: division-overflow in net/ipv6/route.c:4845:17\nOops: divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI\n  rt6_upper_bound_set() net/ipv6/route.c:4845\n  rt6_multipath_rebalance()\n  fib6_add_rt2node()\n  ip6_route_multipath_add()\n  inet6_rtm_newroute()\n\nSkip upper-bound calculation when the first pass reports a zero total.\nThis respects the lock-free performance considerations here and solves\ninsecure scenarios.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2c26c2911dd1a363c488add4fb63eb5f0f28f87","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f30cf8fd9872299c0c27f9916252ba2b9f422dce","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f82b5dbb2fef65b52a62d5ffe05e0483c4385a83"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:54:41.405518556+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-89790","score":0.00206,"percentile":0.10625,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}