{"cve":"CVE-2026-97940","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-25T11:17:21.410","modified":"2026-10-19T10:17:45.110","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv6: fix fib6 walker UAF on seq stop\n\nipv6_route_iter_active() treats a walker in FWS_U at the table root as\nalready unlinked. fib6_del_route() can move a still-linked walker into\nthat same state when the current leaf is the last route at the root,\nso ipv6_route_native_seq_stop() skips fib6_walker_unlink(). The seq\nprivate object can then be freed while it remains on\nnet->ipv6.fib6_walkers. A later route deletion walks the dangling list\nand uses the freed walker.\n\nUse the list head as membership state and reinitialize it when\nunlinking. Keep the existing w->node check so a never-started iterator\nwith a zeroed private object is not treated as linked.\n\nThe same stop helper is used by /proc/net/ipv6_route and by the BPF\nipv6_route iterator. The BPF show path only widens the race.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05b687ee04f816658f4a9cf586f4d2f129157943","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0eede1689610e9eeaf729ba86fd1321799eb91a0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14fdaba201fdff92a3e45994e02bccda409cb19d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19b4ed644d68098cc62ab612727f40d30f43476c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4553cfafa8d05c4ce20b1d18f79d9bb3b303fc02"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:56:02.509636177+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-97940","score":0.00169,"percentile":0.06184,"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."]}