CVE-2026-98103

igmp: convert struct ip_sf_list to RCU

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Published: September 25, 2026 at 10:35 AM UTC
Updated: October 21, 2026 at 01:21 PM 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: igmp: convert struct ip_sf_list to RCU Commit 23d2b94043ca ("igmp: Add ip_mc_list lock in ip_check_mc_rcu") added spin_lock_bh(&im->lock) to ip_check_mc_rcu() to prevent a use-after-free while iterating im->sources during concurrent deletions. However, ip_check_mc_rcu() is called from RCU read-side critical sections in packet receive and route lookup fast paths (e.g. __mkroute_output(), ip_route_input_rcu(), and __udp4_lib_rcv()). When igmpv3_send_cr() or igmpv3_send_report() holds &pmc->lock and calls add_grec() -> igmpv3_newpack() -> ip_route_output_ports(), an XFRM policy matching a multicast destination triggers xfrm_tmpl_resolve_one() -> xfrm4_get_saddr() -> __mkroute_output() -> ip_check_mc_rcu(). This attempts to acquire &im->lock while &pmc->lock is already held on the same CPU, triggering a lockdep recursive locking warning / deadlock. Fix this by converting IPv4 struct ip_sf_list to RCU, mirroring the IPv6 implementation in net/ipv6/mcast.c: 1. Add struct rcu_head to struct ip_sf_list and annotate sf_next, sources, and tomb as __rcu pointers. 2. Use rcu_assign_pointer() and kfree_rcu() for list updates and deletions. 3. Remove spin_lock_bh(&im->lock) from ip_check_mc_rcu() and traverse im->sources locklessly with for_each_psf_rcu(), reading and writing counter fields with READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE(). Note: RCU conversion of /proc/net/mcfilter will be done in a separate patch.

Affected

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

23d2b94043ca8835bd1e67749020e839f396a1c24.14.2474.19.2074.4.2844.9.2834768973dffed4d0126854514335ed4fe87bec1ab5.10.645.13.165.14.35.155.4.14578967749984cf3614de346c90f3e259ff8272735961447ff60291b91e27d5c32fa549c1411ad3b70b24065948ae6c48c9e20891f8cfe9850f1d748bed1a3c6d5925a8d00a32c5ef2d674dd9c0ce89c95d84708451d9041dff8a81e3718f821f12d2eb6c5ddd7e8b7b84836c584a284b98ca9bd7a348a0558e9924c4204ede999b0515fd31a370a1e27f676bc
Vendor states this is fixed in 2987ee196c88dbde0463dc87d5fb209c684e34a2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d3011d1f293478c730aa0870490afa145c37600e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e3206419bdb04e2087d8cc6be324df8639b3fac5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f5182dfad54277267a8cb0c004a9cd4cf35aeebb (fixed)
Affected range stops below 4.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 5.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
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 6.6.160 (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-rc2 (unaffected)

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