CVE-2026-89790 (GCVE-0-2026-89790)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-16 08:48 – Updated: 2026-09-16 08:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
ipv6: avoid divide by zero in rt6_multipath_rebalance
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: avoid divide by zero in rt6_multipath_rebalance
rt6_multipath_rebalance() calculates the total eligible nexthop weight
in one pass and programs upper bounds in a second pass. Since
RTM_NEWROUTE is RTNL-free, a concurrent
ignore_routes_with_linkdown update can make the first pass return zero
while the second sees an eligible nexthop, causing
rt6_upper_bound_set() to divide by zero.
UBSAN: division-overflow in net/ipv6/route.c:4845:17
Oops: divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
rt6_upper_bound_set() net/ipv6/route.c:4845
rt6_multipath_rebalance()
fib6_add_rt2node()
ip6_route_multipath_add()
inet6_rtm_newroute()
Skip upper-bound calculation when the first pass reports a zero total.
This respects the lock-free performance considerations here and solves
insecure scenarios.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
bd11ff421d36abdb585b9104fa70057bf01b3110 , < f30cf8fd9872299c0c27f9916252ba2b9f422dce
(git)
Affected: bd11ff421d36abdb585b9104fa70057bf01b3110 , < f82b5dbb2fef65b52a62d5ffe05e0483c4385a83 (git) Affected: bd11ff421d36abdb585b9104fa70057bf01b3110 , < d2c26c2911dd1a363c488add4fb63eb5f0f28f87 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
6.16
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.16 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.52 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2.6 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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