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net/ipv6/route.c:4483\n  inet6_ioctl+0x21a/0x280 net/ipv6/af_inet6.c:579\n  sock_do_ioctl+0x158/0x460 net/socket.c:1222\n  sock_ioctl+0x629/0x8e0 net/socket.c:1341\n  vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]\n  __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline]\n  __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:893\n  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]\n  do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\nRIP: 0033:0x7f940f07cea9","Type":"Description","Title":"ipv6: prevent possible NULL deref in fib6_nh_init()"}]}}}