CVE-2026-98026

net: bridge: mcast: properly convert mglist to rcu

N/A
Published: September 25, 2026 at 10:23 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 10:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bridge: mcast: properly convert mglist to rcu Sashiko reported a bug [1] that br_multicast_del_port_group unlists the port group not using proper rcu helper that preserves the next pointer and after that immediately frees the port group without waiting for rcu grace period. The only rcu walker of mglist is br_multicast_list_adjacent() and it turns out that function has always been buggy because mglist was never properly converted to RCU. Fix it by converting it to rcu and moving its initialization after eth_addr's. Initializing p->next can use RCU_INIT_POINTER because we have a barrier from the hlist_add_head_rcu call later, besides we're initializing an unpublished structure anyway. [1] https://netdev-ai.bots.linux.dev/sashiko/#/patchset/20260826014200.362304-1-littleddfu%40gmail.com

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

07f8ac4a1e26e8283542cdaf658a6e2a12fd69803.167f8ac4a1e26e8283542cdaf658a6e2a12fd6980
Vendor states this is fixed in 37cb9a81600da8250f24e25edc07253b62353cbe (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 38ab2a435001a3c4dbeb70a52f5921e1ccd66f55 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4b772869a1e5f9da5cef5b9c722ec0aa424ee0a0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 98247c8264d2076f81fa114bdfa2c2271953ac7c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f7bf57e94a5d6214b87be08486cb33836fbfa573 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.111 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.53 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.158 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc3 (unaffected)

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