# CVE-2021-47291: ipv6: fix another slab-out-of-bounds in fib6\_nh\_flush\_exceptions

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-21 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.3

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: fix another slab-out-of-bounds in fib6_nh_flush_exceptions While running the self-tests on a KASAN enabled kernel, I observed a slab-out-of-bounds splat very similar to the one reported in commit 821bbf79fe46 ("ipv6: Fix KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds Read in fib6_nh_flush_exceptions"). We additionally need to take care of fib6_metrics initialization failure when the caller provides an nh. The fix is similar, explicitly free the route instead of calling fib6_info_release on a half-initialized object.

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/830251361425c5be044db4d826aaf304ea3d14c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce8fafb68051fba52546f8bbe8621f7641683680
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/115784bcccf135c3a3548098153413d76f16aae0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fb4792f091e608a0a1d353dfdf07ef55a719db5

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