CVE-2026-68116

vxlan: mdb: Fix source list corruption on a failed replace

State
Published
Severity
7.9 High
Published
Aug 10, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
Reserved
Jul 30, 2026

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

vxlan: mdb: Fix source list corruption on a failed replace

When replacing the source list of an MDB remote entry, all existing sources are first marked for deletion and vxlan_mdb_remote_srcs_add() is then called to add the new source list. Sources present in the new list have their deletion mark cleared, and any sources left marked afterwards are removed.

If vxlan_mdb_remote_srcs_add() fails partway through, its error path deletes all entries on the remote's source list. That rollback is only correct for its other caller, vxlan_mdb_remote_add(), where the remote was just allocated and the list contains solely entries added during the call. On the replace path the list also holds pre-existing sources, so a failed replace tears them down together with their (S, G) forwarding entries instead of leaving the entry unchanged.

This is reachable from an existing (*, G) remote. An EXCLUDE filter that loses sources starts forwarding traffic that should be blocked, while an INCLUDE filter that loses sources drops traffic that should be forwarded.

Mark entries created during the current pass with a new VXLAN_SGRP_F_NEW flag. On failure, delete only those entries and clear the deletion mark on the pre-existing ones, so a failed replace leaves the source list untouched. Retain the flag until the whole operation succeeds and then clear it. Also stop vxlan_mdb_remote_src_add() from deleting a pre-existing entry it only looked up when adding that entry's forwarding entry fails.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.9 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • a3a48de5eade770e911d35291217bdd69ce04ef1 to before 5bc8fc1d2ff802eec839e03adef5df597421898dAffected
  • a3a48de5eade770e911d35291217bdd69ce04ef1 to before 2c54dff57606590fa4abec46bab6bea3133f1539Affected
  • a3a48de5eade770e911d35291217bdd69ce04ef1 to before 79370b573e92e8f190eb5f9a511fa5398340d8b2Affected
  • a3a48de5eade770e911d35291217bdd69ce04ef1 to before 54a3c27b357dfb34f327f89bfadeb998bef8051eAffected
  • a3a48de5eade770e911d35291217bdd69ce04ef1 to before dcd9b465965422b9654f6026e8a2fa8984f74c3cAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.4Affected
  • before 6.4Not affected
  • 6.6.148 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.101 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.42 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.1.6 through 7.1.*Not affected
  • 7.2 and laterNot affected

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