ipv4: fib: bound automatic table ID allocation
fib_empty_table() probes every table ID from 1 until it finds a
free one. IPv4 tables are stored in a 256-bucket hash table, so a
dense set of IDs makes each probe walk a growing hash chain while
RTNL is held.
Automatic table assignment ("ip rule ... table 0") is an IPv4-only
legacy path. Bound the automatically allocated ID to 4096 so the
RTNL hold stays bounded, without changing lookups of explicitly
specified table IDs.
This changes user-visible behavior. A table-0 rule previously
received the lowest free ID in 1..RT_TABLE_MAX (0xFFFFFFFF). After
this patch the search stops at 4096 and the rule add fails with
ENOBUFS if that range is fully occupied. Explicit table IDs above
4096 remain usable.
The automatic path is unused in practice: it is IPv4-only, not
documented by ip-rule, uncovered by kernel selftests, and both
NetworkManager and systemd refuse table 0.
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| Weaknesses | CWE-400 |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv4: fib: bound automatic table ID allocation fib_empty_table() probes every table ID from 1 until it finds a free one. IPv4 tables are stored in a 256-bucket hash table, so a dense set of IDs makes each probe walk a growing hash chain while RTNL is held. Automatic table assignment ("ip rule ... table 0") is an IPv4-only legacy path. Bound the automatically allocated ID to 4096 so the RTNL hold stays bounded, without changing lookups of explicitly specified table IDs. This changes user-visible behavior. A table-0 rule previously received the lowest free ID in 1..RT_TABLE_MAX (0xFFFFFFFF). After this patch the search stops at 4096 and the rule add fails with ENOBUFS if that range is fully occupied. Explicit table IDs above 4096 remain usable. The automatic path is unused in practice: it is IPv4-only, not documented by ip-rule, uncovered by kernel selftests, and both NetworkManager and systemd refuse table 0. | |
| Title | ipv4: fib: bound automatic table ID allocation | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-25T10:22:12.972Z
Reserved: 2026-09-24T16:01:01.157Z
Link: CVE-2026-97598
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-25T11:17:11.130
Modified: 2026-09-25T11:17:11.130
Link: CVE-2026-97598
Redhat
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-09-25T13:45:18Z
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CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption