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A concurrent change to\nignore_routes_with_linkdown can make the first pass return zero while\nthe second pass sees an eligible nexthop, resulting in division by zero.\n\nIf the first pass reports a zero total, set each nexthop upper bound to\n-1 and skip the division. This matches the IPv6 fix in commit\nd2c26c2911dd (\"ipv6: avoid divide by zero in rt6_multipath_rebalance\")\nand preserves the lock-free rebalance path."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c"],"versions":[{"version":"0e884c78ee19e902f300ed147083c28a0c6302f0","lessThan":"baf3a767b2845eb8e68f056ee4aa5b41b151e990","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0e884c78ee19e902f300ed147083c28a0c6302f0","lessThan":"f655a26490e705ec76a79db7f412847fda342b39","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0e884c78ee19e902f300ed147083c28a0c6302f0","lessThan":"7c68f4de5090b17b63b9a0a3b01b3807e01a296a","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0e884c78ee19e902f300ed147083c28a0c6302f0","lessThan":"226a974054acbd892560bfa67f0ae8ffe271a736","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0e884c78ee19e902f300ed147083c28a0c6302f0","lessThan":"0800c92ca5d1983df6843a5435299978901d1d02","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0e884c78ee19e902f300ed147083c28a0c6302f0","lessThan":"5dac5c7ba8f5f3fb4bf29f2a2c3cb552f5b83c8f","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0e884c78ee19e902f300ed147083c28a0c6302f0","lessThan":"d5520e815c4b1427104ce1428ee23821f2aa824d","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0e884c78ee19e902f300ed147083c28a0c6302f0","lessThan":"5046d2880fec7d49ebed2fd2866747ee1d06ad71","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c"],"versions":[{"version":"4.4","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"4.4","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.273","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.224","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.191","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.161","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.115","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.59","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.13","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.4","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.273"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.4","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.224"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.4","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.191"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.4","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.161"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.4","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.115"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.4","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.59"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.4","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.13"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.4","versionEndExcluding":"7.3"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/baf3a767b2845eb8e68f056ee4aa5b41b151e990"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f655a26490e705ec76a79db7f412847fda342b39"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c68f4de5090b17b63b9a0a3b01b3807e01a296a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/226a974054acbd892560bfa67f0ae8ffe271a736"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0800c92ca5d1983df6843a5435299978901d1d02"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dac5c7ba8f5f3fb4bf29f2a2c3cb552f5b83c8f"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5520e815c4b1427104ce1428ee23821f2aa824d"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5046d2880fec7d49ebed2fd2866747ee1d06ad71"}],"title":"ipv4: avoid divide by zero in fib_rebalance","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}