Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size Affecting libperf package, versions *
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- published24 Apr 2026
- disclosed23 Apr 2026
Introduced: 23 Apr 2026
NewCVE-2026-31531 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:9 libperf.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libperf package and not the libperf package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv4: nexthop: allocate skb dynamically in rtm_get_nexthop()
When querying a nexthop object via RTM_GETNEXTHOP, the kernel currently allocates a fixed-size skb using NLMSG_GOODSIZE. While sufficient for single nexthops and small Equal-Cost Multi-Path groups, this fixed allocation fails for large nexthop groups like 512 nexthops.
This results in the following warning splat:
WARNING: net/ipv4/nexthop.c:3395 at rtm_get_nexthop+0x176/0x1c0, CPU#20: rep/4608 [...] RIP: 0010:rtm_get_nexthop (net/ipv4/nexthop.c:3395) [...] Call Trace: <TASK> rtnetlink_rcv_msg (net/core/rtnetlink.c:6989) netlink_rcv_skb (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550) netlink_unicast (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344) netlink_sendmsg (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894) ____sys_sendmsg (net/socket.c:721 net/socket.c:736 net/socket.c:2585) ___sys_sendmsg (net/socket.c:2641) __sys_sendmsg (net/socket.c:2671) do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94) entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130) </TASK>
Fix this by allocating the size dynamically using nh_nlmsg_size() and using nlmsg_new(), this is consistent with nexthop_notify() behavior. In addition, adjust nh_nlmsg_size_grp() so it calculates the size needed based on flags passed. While at it, also add the size of NHA_FDB for nexthop group size calculation as it was missing too.
This cannot be reproduced via iproute2 as the group size is currently limited and the command fails as follows:
addattr_l ERROR: message exceeded bound of 1048
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31531
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14cf0cd35361f4e94824bf8a42f72713d7702a73
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40bd39e383a0478fd5c221f393df05fd9d70cfbc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/615517f3f8d53b0cf41507c7599971e17adfdfa5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/635038fe19db391117e66b46bdc2b6e447ac801d