FRR · CVE-2026-120221 · Runtime
NO FIX YET
In FRRouting 8.4 and later, bgpd frees the same Site-of-Origin memory twice when dynamic BGP neighbors disconnect, if a peer-group used by a listen range also has a SoO set. A host inside the listen range can open and close two TCP connections to the BGP port and make bgpd abort, dropping all BGP sessions on the router.
first public Nov 13, 2026 · 2 sources
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Routers running FRRouting 8.4 or later where a peer-group used by a dynamic BGP listen range also has a Site-of-Origin configured. Any host inside the listen range can trigger the crash by opening and closing two TCP connections to the BGP port, unless the peer-group has a TCP-MD5 password, which limits the trigger to hosts that know it. Routers without a listen range combined with a SoO on the same peer-group are not affected.
Not affected if no-listen-range, no-soo-on-peer-group, tcp-md5-password-unknown-hosts
Who cares bgp, bgpd, frrouting, routers, self-hosted
No fix yet, per the sources.
In FRRouting 8.4 and later, bgpd frees the same memory twice when dynamic BGP neighbors disconnect, if the peer-group used by a "bgp listen range" also has a Site-of-Origin configured ("neighbor PG soo"). Each dynamic neighbor shares the peer-group's SoO value instead of getting its own copy, but frees it as its own when the neighbor is deleted, which happens as soon as its connection closes. The first disconnect leaves the peer-group pointing at freed memory, and the second disconnect frees it again, causing bgpd to abort and drop all BGP sessions on the router. Any host whose address falls inside the listen range can trigger this by opening and closing two TCP connections to the BGP port, without sending any BGP message and without knowing the AS number, and can repeat it each time bgpd restarts. If the peer-group has a TCP-MD5 password, only hosts that know the password can trigger it. Two ordinary flaps of legitimate dynamic neighbors have the same effect. Between the two frees, displaying the configuration ("show running-config") or establishing a dynamic neighbor also reads the freed memory, which can crash bgpd after a single disconnect. Only configurations that combine a listen range with a SoO on the same peer-group are affected.
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