CVE-2026-98101

ipv6: mcast: use copy-on-write RCU updates in ip6_mc_source()

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Sep 25, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
Reserved
Sep 25, 2026

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Description

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

ipv6: mcast: use copy-on-write RCU updates in ip6_mc_source()

pmc->sflist is read locklessly under rcu_read_lock() by inet6_mc_check() during packet reception in the UDP and RAW multicast receive paths.

ip6_mc_source() mutated psl->sl_addr and psl->sl_count in-place when adding or removing a source filter. Additionally, when expanding the filter buffer, newpsl was published via rcu_assign_pointer() before writing the new source into the array.

Because 16-byte struct in6_addr writes are not atomic and array shifting is not synchronized with RCU readers, concurrent readers in inet6_mc_check() could read torn IPv6 addresses or observe duplicated/missed source entries.

Fix this by switching ip6_mc_source() to copy-on-write RCU updates: allocate and fully populate newpsl before publishing it via rcu_assign_pointer(), and reclaim the old filter via kfree_rcu(), matching ip6_mc_msfilter().

Also remove the now unused IP6_SFBLOCK macro.

Scores

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 882ba1f73c06831f2a21044ebd8864c485ac04f2 to before ac51321d3b2391860a935820ebcf4d8b9bb16a8aAffected
  • 882ba1f73c06831f2a21044ebd8864c485ac04f2 to before dba00514bf668c26cb4900e9f0da84bf96bf065aAffected
  • 882ba1f73c06831f2a21044ebd8864c485ac04f2 to before 2c2091e2ee93049fc513ad1e6c99d8b6c809f467Affected
  • 882ba1f73c06831f2a21044ebd8864c485ac04f2 to before 20db91a052332ef5552bd2f651ffb9db911cf67bAffected
  • 882ba1f73c06831f2a21044ebd8864c485ac04f2 to before c073d1b070f171d206b19c98d71739a97f15b3f1Affected
  • 47c75e3923c8d562fea8daf0ccf31546a7bef0eaAffected
  • 5.10.261 to before 5.11Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.13Affected
  • before 5.13Not affected
  • 6.6.158 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.112 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.53 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2.7 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

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