nexthop: Forbid FDB status change while nexthop is in a group

Summary

CVECVE-2025-39980
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-10-15 08:15:35 UTC
Updated2026-07-14 13:17:52 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nexthop: Forbid FDB status change while nexthop is in a group The kernel forbids the creation of non-FDB nexthop groups with FDB nexthops: # ip nexthop add id 1 via 192.0.2.1 fdb # ip nexthop add id 2 group 1 Error: Non FDB nexthop group cannot have fdb nexthops. And vice versa: # ip nexthop add id 3 via 192.0.2.2 dev dummy1 # ip nexthop add id 4 group 3 fdb Error: FDB nexthop group can only have fdb nexthops. However, as long as no routes are pointing to a non-FDB nexthop group, the kernel allows changing the type of a nexthop from FDB to non-FDB and vice versa: # ip nexthop add id 5 via 192.0.2.2 dev dummy1 # ip nexthop add id 6 group 5 # ip nexthop replace id 5 via 192.0.2.2 fdb # echo $? 0 This configuration is invalid and can result in a NPD [1] since FDB nexthops are not associated with a nexthop device: # ip route add 198.51.100.1/32 nhid 6 # ping 198.51.100.1 Fix by preventing nexthop FDB status change while the nexthop is in a group: # ip nexthop add id 7 via 192.0.2.2 dev dummy1 # ip nexthop add id 8 group 7 # ip nexthop replace id 7 via 192.0.2.2 fdb Error: Cannot change nexthop FDB status while in a group. [1] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000003c0 [...] Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP CPU: 6 UID: 0 PID: 367 Comm: ping Not tainted 6.17.0-rc6-virtme-gb65678cacc03 #1 PREEMPT(voluntary) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.17.0-4.fc41 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:fib_lookup_good_nhc+0x1e/0x80 [...] Call Trace: <TASK> fib_table_lookup+0x541/0x650 ip_route_output_key_hash_rcu+0x2ea/0x970 ip_route_output_key_hash+0x55/0x80 __ip4_datagram_connect+0x250/0x330 udp_connect+0x2b/0x60 __sys_connect+0x9c/0xd0 __x64_sys_connect+0x18/0x20 do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x2a0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.001930000 probability, percentile 0.090880000 (date 2026-07-14)

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected 38428d68719c454d269cb03b776d8a4b0ad66111 e1e87ac0daacd51f522ecd1645cd76b5809303ed git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 38428d68719c454d269cb03b776d8a4b0ad66111 0e7bfe7a268ccbd7859730c529161cafbf44637c git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 38428d68719c454d269cb03b776d8a4b0ad66111 ec428fff792b7bd15b248dafca2e654b666b1304 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 38428d68719c454d269cb03b776d8a4b0ad66111 24046d31f6f92220852d393d510b6062843e3fbd git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 38428d68719c454d269cb03b776d8a4b0ad66111 f0e49fd13afe9dea7a09a1c9537fd00cea22badb git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 38428d68719c454d269cb03b776d8a4b0ad66111 8dd4aa0122885f710930de135af2adc4ccc3238f git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 38428d68719c454d269cb03b776d8a4b0ad66111 390b3a300d7872cef9588f003b204398be69ce08 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 5.8 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.8 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.10.245 5.10.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.15.194 5.15.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.1.155 6.1.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.6.109 6.6.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.12.50 6.12.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.16.10 6.16.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.17 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.6 * custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.6 * custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.6 * custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.6 * custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.6 * custom Not specified

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