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Apply the same fix as\ncommit f8d8ce1b515a (\"ipv6: fix possible infinite loop in fib6_info_uses_dev()\").\n\nWriters holding tb6_lock can list_del_rcu(&first->fib6_siblings)\nwithout waiting for RCU readers; first->fib6_siblings.next then\nstill points into the old ring and this softirq-side walker never\nreaches &first->fib6_siblings as its terminator. fib6_purge_rt()\nalways WRITE_ONCE()s first->fib6_nsiblings to 0 before\nlist_del_rcu(), so an inside-loop check is a reliable detach signal.\n\n[1] https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260526020227.4857-1-jiayuan.chen%40linux.dev"}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["net/ipv6/route.c"], "versions": [{"version": "d0ec61c9f3583b76aebdbb271f5c0d3fcccd48b2", "lessThan": "3948a7d92f7678e89e1776bb2d169afcad63b1ae", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "52da02521ede55fb86546c3fffd9377b3261b91f", "lessThan": "c87cd3cb309634bc8f50a54e2079424f219ac21f", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "34a949e7a0869dfa31a40416d2a56973fae1807b", "lessThan": "0f7b73c3452635de83b8711b31abdda8e49aad7b", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "d9ccb18f83ea2bb654289b6ecf014fd267cc988b", "lessThan": "ab9a10969a907b472a0196d999c08ff7144172e3", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "d9ccb18f83ea2bb654289b6ecf014fd267cc988b", "lessThan": "9b9d5bd6e3d4c9cecab5407604b690684b2532d2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "d9ccb18f83ea2bb654289b6ecf014fd267cc988b", "lessThan": "9c7da87c2dc860bb17ca1ece942495d28b1ce3b9", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "11edcd026012ac18acee0f1514db3ed1b160fc6f", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "6.1.128", "lessThan": "6.1.176", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.6.75", "lessThan": "6.6.143", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.2", "lessThan": "6.12.93", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.11.11", "lessThan": "6.12", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["net/ipv6/route.c"], "versions": [{"version": "6.13", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.13", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.1.176", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.6.143", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.93", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.35", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.0.12", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.0.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.1", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.1.128", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.176"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.6.75", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.143"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.12.2", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.93"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.13", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.35"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.13", "versionEndExcluding": "7.0.12"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.13", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.11.11"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3948a7d92f7678e89e1776bb2d169afcad63b1ae"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c87cd3cb309634bc8f50a54e2079424f219ac21f"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f7b73c3452635de83b8711b31abdda8e49aad7b"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab9a10969a907b472a0196d999c08ff7144172e3"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b9d5bd6e3d4c9cecab5407604b690684b2532d2"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c7da87c2dc860bb17ca1ece942495d28b1ce3b9"}], "title": "ipv6: fix possible infinite loop in fib6_select_path()", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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