CVE-2026-43042 (GCVE-0-2026-43042)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-01 14:15 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:25
VLAI
Title
mpls: add seqcount to protect the platform_label{,s} pair
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mpls: add seqcount to protect the platform_label{,s} pair The RCU-protected codepaths (mpls_forward, mpls_dump_routes) can have an inconsistent view of platform_labels vs platform_label in case of a concurrent resize (resize_platform_label_table, under platform_mutex). This can lead to OOB accesses. This patch adds a seqcount, so that we get a consistent snapshot. Note that mpls_label_ok is also susceptible to this, so the check against RTA_DST in rtm_to_route_config, done outside platform_mutex, is not sufficient. This value gets passed to mpls_label_ok once more in both mpls_route_add and mpls_route_del, so there is no issue, but that additional check must not be removed.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 7720c01f3f590116882e251f13c7e1d5602f8643 , < 5bb3caf0bbfb56f1a00d2af072ac3d8395a3b9ef (git)
Affected: 7720c01f3f590116882e251f13c7e1d5602f8643 , < 629ec78ef8608d955ce217880cdc3e1873af3a15 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 4.1
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.1 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.12 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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