# CVE-2026-99072: ipv4: stop route notification sizing when nexthop group shrinks

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-108738, GHSA-WRFX-CH9C-5JJ2
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.57, 7.2.11
- Published: 2026-10-23 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.12
- Kernel (Linux): from 5.12.0, fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.113; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.57; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv4: stop route notification sizing when nexthop group shrinks Commit 680aea08e78c ("net: ipv4: Emit notification when fib hardware flags are changed") added an RCU-only fib_nlmsg_size() call for asynchronous hardware flag notifications. fib_nlmsg_size() checks fib_info_num_path() before each iteration, then fib_info_nhc() independently reloads nh->nh_grp. If RTM_NEWNEXTHOP replaces a group with fewer paths between those loads, fib_info_nhc() returns NULL and fib_nexthop_nlmsg_size() dereferences it. Stop sizing when the indexed path is absent. Nexthop groups are dense, so the current snapshot has no later path.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.57, 7.2.11) 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/96f3fbb8575593657c7e80786dc3251d2fe3931b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81f0deb02a5b5477f236bbbaed1149b779a8632b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72d9d17092bb37b0717f12042a0817d01a1f9e78
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad1c9f1b98c92609e9bb2ae8f05916defc3b0a54
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1f48d1c2d5e9efd904dbbc2f2b3d41543e55c49
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad2b3a68b8a7d5d27de88e05674e4adb1ce46d88
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3daa33c7af92e38f2274bbd2576f58bfbaf89e6

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