CVE-2026-74550 (GCVE-0-2026-74550)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 12:27 – Updated: 2026-08-19 16:38
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
net: do not send ICMP/NDISC Redirects when peer allocation fails
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: do not send ICMP/NDISC Redirects when peer allocation fails
When inet_getpeer_v4() or inet_getpeer_v6() fails to allocate a peer entry
under memory pressure or tree size caps, redirect handlers previously fell
back to sending un-rate-limited ICMP/NDISC Redirect messages.
In IPv4, ip_rt_send_redirect() called icmp_send() directly when peer == NULL.
In IPv6, ip6_forward() and ndisc_send_redirect() passed a NULL peer into
inet_peer_xrlim_allow(), which returned true when peer == NULL.
Because ICMP/NDISC Redirects are not part of the default global rate limit
mask (sysctl_icmp_ratemask), sending redirects when peer == NULL creates
an un-rate-limited ICMP packet storm.
Fix this by failing closed in ip_rt_send_redirect(), ip6_forward(), and
ndisc_send_redirect() when peer is NULL.
Severity
7.5 (High)
Assigner
References
6 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
92d8682926342d2b6aa5b2ecc02221e00e1573a0 , < c0adf8b4247bcc5a145a25c1929006eb392580bb
(git)
Affected: 92d8682926342d2b6aa5b2ecc02221e00e1573a0 , < f5ecaa7ea7686fa7ecdb6affc9d3a9a42e4524b1 (git) Affected: 92d8682926342d2b6aa5b2ecc02221e00e1573a0 , < 21666f7af49a90ef44d474916b8ef4402dfd74f5 (git) Affected: 92d8682926342d2b6aa5b2ecc02221e00e1573a0 , < 5ec5f00fc606a6df8434948c4552b3cb1176595d (git) Affected: 92d8682926342d2b6aa5b2ecc02221e00e1573a0 , < 828f6670d110ff2bf44c743037b38badc315704c (git) Affected: 92d8682926342d2b6aa5b2ecc02221e00e1573a0 , < dbc3791e3b2472e1ccc08947e0f83b443470ff4f (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
2.6.39
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.39 (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.183 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.151 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.103 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.44 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.8 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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