CVE-2025-21768
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21768
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-21768.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-21768
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2025-02-27T02:18:17Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-17T21:25:23.080871Z
- Summary
- net: ipv6: fix dst ref loops in rpl, seg6 and ioam6 lwtunnels
- Details
-
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ipv6: fix dst ref loops in rpl, seg6 and ioam6 lwtunnels
Some lwtunnels have a dst cache for post-transformation dst. If the packet destination did not change we may end up recording a reference to the lwtunnel in its own cache, and the lwtunnel state will never be freed.
Discovered by the ioam6.sh test, kmemleak was recently fixed to catch per-cpu memory leaks. I'm not sure if rpl and seg6 can actually hit this, but in principle I don't see why not.
- References
Affected packages
Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- Events
-
Introduced6c8702c60b88651072460f3f4026c7dfe2521d12Fixed5ab11a4e219e93b8b31a27f8ec98d42afadd8b7a
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- Events
-
Introduced6c8702c60b88651072460f3f4026c7dfe2521d12Fixed4c0f200c7d06fedddde82209c099014d63f4a6c0
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- Events
-
Introduced6c8702c60b88651072460f3f4026c7dfe2521d12Fixed92191dd1073088753821b862b791dcc83e558e07
Affected versions
v4.*
v4.10
v4.10-rc1
v4.10-rc2
v4.10-rc3
v4.10-rc4
v4.10-rc5
v4.10-rc6
v4.10-rc7
v4.10-rc8
v4.11
v4.11-rc1
v4.11-rc2
v4.11-rc3
v4.11-rc4
v4.11-rc5
v4.11-rc6
v4.11-rc7
v4.11-rc8
v4.12
v4.12-rc1
v4.12-rc2
v4.12-rc3
v4.12-rc4
v4.12-rc5
v4.12-rc6
v4.12-rc7
v4.13
v4.13-rc1
v4.13-rc2
v4.13-rc3
v4.13-rc4
v4.13-rc5
v4.13-rc6
v4.13-rc7
v4.14
v4.14-rc1
v4.14-rc2
v4.14-rc3
v4.14-rc4
v4.14-rc5
v4.14-rc6
v4.14-rc7
v4.14-rc8
v4.15
v4.15-rc1
v4.15-rc2
v4.15-rc3
v4.15-rc4
v4.15-rc5
v4.15-rc6
v4.15-rc7
v4.15-rc8
v4.15-rc9
v4.16
v4.16-rc1
v4.16-rc2
v4.16-rc3
v4.16-rc4
v4.16-rc5
v4.16-rc6
v4.16-rc7
v4.17
v4.17-rc1
v4.17-rc2
v4.17-rc3
v4.17-rc4
v4.17-rc5
v4.17-rc6
v4.17-rc7
v4.18
v4.18-rc1
v4.18-rc2
v4.18-rc3
v4.18-rc4
v4.18-rc5
v4.18-rc6
v4.18-rc7
v4.18-rc8
v4.19
v4.19-rc1
v4.19-rc2
v4.19-rc3
v4.19-rc4
v4.19-rc5
v4.19-rc6
v4.19-rc7
v4.19-rc8
v4.20
v4.20-rc1
v4.20-rc2
v4.20-rc3
v4.20-rc4
v4.20-rc5
v4.20-rc6
v4.20-rc7
v4.9
v4.9-rc4
v4.9-rc5
v4.9-rc6
v4.9-rc7
v4.9-rc8
v5.*
v5.0
v5.0-rc1
v5.0-rc2
v5.0-rc3
v5.0-rc4
v5.0-rc5
v5.0-rc6
v5.0-rc7
v5.0-rc8
v5.1
v5.1-rc1
v5.1-rc2
v5.1-rc3
v5.1-rc4
v5.1-rc5
v5.1-rc6
v5.1-rc7
v5.10
v5.10-rc1
v5.10-rc2
v5.10-rc3
v5.10-rc4
v5.10-rc5
v5.10-rc6
v5.10-rc7
v5.11
v5.11-rc1
v5.11-rc2
v5.11-rc3
v5.11-rc4
v5.11-rc5
v5.11-rc6
v5.11-rc7
v5.12
v5.12-rc1
v5.12-rc1-dontuse
v5.12-rc2
v5.12-rc3
v5.12-rc4
v5.12-rc5
v5.12-rc6
v5.12-rc7
v5.12-rc8
v5.13
v5.13-rc1
v5.13-rc2
v5.13-rc3
v5.13-rc4
v5.13-rc5
v5.13-rc6
v5.13-rc7
v5.14
v5.14-rc1
v5.14-rc2
v5.14-rc3
v5.14-rc4
v5.14-rc5
v5.14-rc6
v5.14-rc7
v5.15
v5.15-rc1
v5.15-rc2
v5.15-rc3
v5.15-rc4
v5.15-rc5
v5.15-rc6
v5.15-rc7
v5.16
v5.16-rc1
v5.16-rc2
v5.16-rc3
v5.16-rc4
v5.16-rc5
v5.16-rc6
v5.16-rc7
v5.16-rc8
v5.17
v5.17-rc1
v5.17-rc2
v5.17-rc3
v5.17-rc4
v5.17-rc5
v5.17-rc6
v5.17-rc7
v5.17-rc8
v5.18
v5.18-rc1
v5.18-rc2
v5.18-rc3
v5.18-rc4
v5.18-rc5
v5.18-rc6
v5.18-rc7
v5.19
v5.19-rc1
v5.19-rc2
v5.19-rc3
v5.19-rc4
v5.19-rc5
v5.19-rc6
v5.19-rc7
v5.19-rc8
v5.2
v5.2-rc1
v5.2-rc2
v5.2-rc3
v5.2-rc4
v5.2-rc5
v5.2-rc6
v5.2-rc7
v5.3
v5.3-rc1
v5.3-rc2
v5.3-rc3
v5.3-rc4
v5.3-rc5
v5.3-rc6
v5.3-rc7
v5.3-rc8
v5.4
v5.4-rc1
v5.4-rc2
v5.4-rc3
v5.4-rc4
v5.4-rc5
v5.4-rc6
v5.4-rc7
v5.4-rc8
v5.5
v5.5-rc1
v5.5-rc2
v5.5-rc3
v5.5-rc4
v5.5-rc5
v5.5-rc6
v5.5-rc7
v5.6
v5.6-rc1
v5.6-rc2
v5.6-rc3
v5.6-rc4
v5.6-rc5
v5.6-rc6
v5.6-rc7
v5.7
v5.7-rc1
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v5.7-rc3
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v5.7-rc5
v5.7-rc6
v5.7-rc7
v5.8
v5.8-rc1
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v5.8-rc3
v5.8-rc4
v5.8-rc5
v5.8-rc6
v5.8-rc7
v5.9
v5.9-rc1
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v5.9-rc3
v5.9-rc4
v5.9-rc5
v5.9-rc6
v5.9-rc7
v5.9-rc8
v6.*
v6.0
v6.0-rc1
v6.0-rc2
v6.0-rc3
v6.0-rc4
v6.0-rc5
v6.0-rc6
v6.0-rc7
v6.1
v6.1-rc1
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v6.1-rc3
v6.1-rc4
v6.1-rc5
v6.1-rc6
v6.1-rc7
v6.1-rc8
v6.10
v6.10-rc1
v6.10-rc2
v6.10-rc3
v6.10-rc4
v6.10-rc5
v6.10-rc6
v6.10-rc7
v6.11
v6.11-rc1
v6.11-rc2
v6.11-rc3
v6.11-rc4
v6.11-rc5
v6.11-rc6
v6.11-rc7
v6.12
v6.12-rc1
v6.12-rc2
v6.12-rc3
v6.12-rc4
v6.12-rc5
v6.12-rc6
v6.12-rc7
v6.12.1
v6.12.10
v6.12.11
v6.12.12
v6.12.13
v6.12.14
v6.12.15
v6.12.2
v6.12.3
v6.12.4
v6.12.5
v6.12.6
v6.12.7
v6.12.8
v6.12.9
v6.13
v6.13-rc1
v6.13-rc2
v6.13-rc3
v6.13-rc4
v6.13-rc5
v6.13-rc6
v6.13-rc7
v6.13.1
v6.13.2
v6.13.3
v6.2
v6.2-rc1
v6.2-rc2
v6.2-rc3
v6.2-rc4
v6.2-rc5
v6.2-rc6
v6.2-rc7
v6.2-rc8
v6.3
v6.3-rc1
v6.3-rc2
v6.3-rc3
v6.3-rc4
v6.3-rc5
v6.3-rc6
v6.3-rc7
v6.4
v6.4-rc1
v6.4-rc2
v6.4-rc3
v6.4-rc4
v6.4-rc5
v6.4-rc6
v6.4-rc7
v6.5
v6.5-rc1
v6.5-rc2
v6.5-rc3
v6.5-rc4
v6.5-rc5
v6.5-rc6
v6.5-rc7
v6.6
v6.6-rc1
v6.6-rc2
v6.6-rc3
v6.6-rc4
v6.6-rc5
v6.6-rc6
v6.6-rc7
v6.7
v6.7-rc1
v6.7-rc2
v6.7-rc3
v6.7-rc4
v6.7-rc5
v6.7-rc6
v6.7-rc7
v6.7-rc8
v6.8
v6.8-rc1
v6.8-rc2
v6.8-rc3
v6.8-rc4
v6.8-rc5
v6.8-rc6
v6.8-rc7
v6.9
v6.9-rc1
v6.9-rc2
v6.9-rc3
v6.9-rc4
v6.9-rc5
v6.9-rc6
v6.9-rc7
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