Unscored severity · published Oct 23, 2026
CVE-2026-99070
ipv6: do not warn on route notification size race
New
–
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: do not warn on route notification size race
fib6_info_hw_flags_set() sizes the skb with rt6_nlmsg_size() and later
fills it with rt6_fill_node(). With nexthop compatibility mode enabled,
a concurrent replacement can grow the group between these independent
snapshots. rt6_fill_node() can then legitimately return -EMSGSIZE, so
the warning does not prove a sizing bug.
Remove the warning. The existing error path still frees the skb and
reports the error to listeners.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
907eea486888cfe118c19759bbc4b8fca2e004df before 8a3b935b6b6037eefb36bd27a60793a008358e8d; 907eea486888cfe118c19759bbc4b8fca2e004df before 7b112bd43f1172fb152e848570a957467008a5ae; 907eea486888cfe118c19759bbc4b8fca2e004df before 4ac7d92a4698e34e614c254359665b9de1f65283; 907eea486888cfe118c19759bbc4b8fca2e004df before 291fe0bafee78c95f9f2e7f579f17793fd5a1e5a; 907eea486888cfe118c19759bbc4b8fca2e004df before c97426ec649d99596d8969e1a052c16b14b7b485; 5.12 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99070
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99070
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/291fe0bafee78c95f9f2e7f579f17793fd5a1e5a
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ac7d92a4698e34e614c254359665b9de1f65283
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b112bd43f1172fb152e848570a957467008a5ae
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a3b935b6b6037eefb36bd27a60793a008358e8d
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c97426ec649d99596d8969e1a052c16b14b7b485
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