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CVE-2026-118593

MediumCVSS 5.9
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A flaw was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel builds. An incomplete backport of the CVE-2026-46099 fix in RHEL 9.6 through 9.10 left a local_bh imbalance in seg6_input_core(), where the drop path returns with bottom halves still disabled. This can lead to softirq starvation and denial of service on systems with SRv6 tunnels configured. Upstream and RHEL 10 are not affected.

Risk Assessment

Systems with SRv6 tunnels may experience denial of service due to softirq starvation, affecting network service availability.

Recommendation

Update the RHEL 9 kernel to a version containing the complete fix or avoid SRv6 tunnel configurations until updated.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A flaw was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel builds. An incomplete backport of the CVE-2026-46099 fix in RHEL 9.6 through 9.10 left a local_bh imbalance in seg6_input_core(), where the drop path returns with bottom halves still disabled. This can lead to softirq starvation and denial of service on systems with SRv6 tunnels configured. Upstream and RHEL 10 are not affected.

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