# CVE-2025-22005: ipv6: Fix memleak of nhc\_pcpu\_rth\_output in fib\_check\_nh\_v6\_gw().

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.4.292, 5.10.236, 5.15.180, 6.1.132, 6.6.85, and 2 more
- Published: 2025-04-03 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- Linux: from 7dd73168e273938b9e9bb42ca51b0c27d807992b, fixed in 16267a5036173d0173377545b4b6021b081d0933; from 7dd73168e273938b9e9bb42ca51b0c27d807992b, fixed in 1bd12dfc058e1e68759d313d7727d68dbc1b8964; from 7dd73168e273938b9e9bb42ca51b0c27d807992b, fixed in 596a883c4ce2d2e9c175f25b98fed3a1f33fea38; from 7dd73168e273938b9e9bb42ca51b0c27d807992b, fixed in 77c41cdbe6bce476e08d3251c0d501feaf10a9f3; from 7dd73168e273938b9e9bb42ca51b0c27d807992b, fixed in 119dcafe36795a15ae53351cbbd6177aaf94ffef; from 7dd73168e273938b9e9bb42ca51b0c27d807992b, fixed in 29d91820184d5cbc70f3246d4911d96eaeb930d6; from 7dd73168e273938b9e9bb42ca51b0c27d807992b, fixed in d3d5b4b5ae263c3225db363ba08b937e2e2b0380; from 7dd73168e273938b9e9bb42ca51b0c27d807992b, fixed in 9740890ee20e01f99ff1dde84c63dcf089fabb98
- Linux: 5.3
- Kernel (Linux): from 5.3.0, fixed in 5.4.292; from 5.5.0, fixed in 5.10.236; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.180; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.132; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.85; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.21; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.13.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: Fix memleak of nhc_pcpu_rth_output in fib_check_nh_v6_gw(). fib_check_nh_v6_gw() expects that fib6_nh_init() cleans up everything when it fails. Commit 7dd73168e273 ("ipv6: Always allocate pcpu memory in a fib6_nh") moved fib_nh_common_init() before alloc_percpu_gfp() within fib6_nh_init() but forgot to add cleanup for fib6_nh->nh_common.nhc_pcpu_rth_output in case it fails to allocate fib6_nh->rt6i_pcpu, resulting in memleak. Let's call fib_nh_common_release() and clear nhc_pcpu_rth_output in the error path. Note that we can remove the fib6_nh_release() call in nh_create_ipv6() later in net-next.git.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.4.292, 5.10.236, 5.15.180, 6.1.132, 6.6.85) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16267a5036173d0173377545b4b6021b081d0933
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bd12dfc058e1e68759d313d7727d68dbc1b8964
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/596a883c4ce2d2e9c175f25b98fed3a1f33fea38
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77c41cdbe6bce476e08d3251c0d501feaf10a9f3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/119dcafe36795a15ae53351cbbd6177aaf94ffef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29d91820184d5cbc70f3246d4911d96eaeb930d6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3d5b4b5ae263c3225db363ba08b937e2e2b0380
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9740890ee20e01f99ff1dde84c63dcf089fabb98

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