Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Oct 30, 2026 06:41:50 UTC

CVE-2026-118593

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.

Base score5.9/ 10

SeverityMediumCVSS 3.1

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes

Base severityMedium

Attack vectorNetworkAV

Attack complexityHighAC

Privileges requiredNonePR

User interactionNoneUI

ScopeUnchangedS

Confidentiality impactNoneC

Integrity impactNoneI

Availability impactHighA

CVSS vector stringCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS communicates standardized severity and impact characteristics. It does not establish whether a system is exploitable in your specific environment.

Record context

CVE Numbering Authorityredhat

Last updatedNov 1, 2026 17:38:11 UTC

PublishedOct 30, 2026 06:41:50 UTC

ReservedOct 28, 2026 16:29:15 UTC