Unscored severity · published Oct 23, 2026
CVE-2026-99071
ipv4: do not warn on route notification size race
New
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CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv4: do not warn on route notification size race Commit 680aea08e78c ("net: ipv4: Emit notification when fib hardware flags are changed") added asynchronous route notifications for hardware flag changes. fib_alias_hw_flags_set() sizes the skb with fib_nlmsg_size() and later fills it with fib_dump_info() while holding only RCU. With nexthop compatibility mode enabled, a concurrent replacement can grow the group between these independent snapshots. fib_dump_info() 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 10% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
680aea08e78c003292415518ad270bc20f9c80b1 before 088ba80eef85fa7a5ad8f9e7c82b403c99242b56; 680aea08e78c003292415518ad270bc20f9c80b1 before 78a1cf5c54b2f795c81fedb530755a8d01cc84f0; 680aea08e78c003292415518ad270bc20f9c80b1 before 7dfa7ca97f3ac46353edd4cc44f7733758e4535b; 680aea08e78c003292415518ad270bc20f9c80b1 before 221ef5e1e44a044790f0f54e6aa237883f475a4d; 680aea08e78c003292415518ad270bc20f9c80b1 before e02a5b6588161673ef75a4bc5cdfb62bd493374d; 5.12 · source: vendor