CVE-2026-98031

nexthop: Initialize extack in remove_nh_grp_entry()

N/A
Published: September 25, 2026 at 10:23 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 10:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nexthop: Initialize extack in remove_nh_grp_entry() remove_nh_grp_entry() prints the extack message when a listener fails to replace the reduced nexthop group. However, extack is not initialized and listeners are not required to set a message when returning an error. Neither netdevsim nor mlxsw do so when an allocation fails, resulting in the dereference of an uninitialized stack pointer. Fix by zero-initializing extack, as was done in commit 6347c5314cee ("nexthop: initialize extack in nh_res_bucket_migrate()").

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.11833a1065eeb14437a9a0dfa9dad06ea09894e0b5
Vendor states this is fixed in 030c878eaedf0449e2b5401a0a0146d0afcc645e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 17acbcd4c5a6ca3dd3f9e52eb203c9175bde609a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 35d9ec61466109ef0c2de87067338d929f629527 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5bd9e4e7cdaa03879e9b73b12ab52cceb1edd55b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 704319510af2179cf03955747d714ab291075c25 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d643cea4248668dc493c513aa7cbc6505eb1a4a9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d80677ad7aa5bebfccfd58caa4852b65abe70561 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.222 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.189 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.111 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.53 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.158 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc3 (unaffected)

Remediation

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