CVE-2026-100081 PUBLISHED

xen-netback: defer xenvif_mcast_addr_list_free()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 06.11.2026 Updated: 06.11.2026

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

xen-netback: defer xenvif_mcast_addr_list_free()

In order for the function to legitimately avoid locking/RCU, it needs to run after all TX/RX processing has finished/stopped: Lookups happen from xenvif_start_xmit(), while adds/removes happen from xenvif_tx_action() (called out of xenvif_poll()).

Move the call out of xenvif_disconnect_data() (the call to the function from connect()'s error path doesn't require any cleaning up there), and put it past the synchronization point in backend_disconnect().

This is XSA-527 / CVE-2026-100081.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from b17075d5c1988b83f840d272c795ac17d57ce804 to 96e05a8ce243e2207704e2e7a6e7d1172730f515 (excl.)
  • affected from b17075d5c1988b83f840d272c795ac17d57ce804 to 0e786123e46d08d2247ce93a5435e45ed9f4c5d1 (excl.)
  • affected from b17075d5c1988b83f840d272c795ac17d57ce804 to 990d123d9eaa3ac6c979eed245658676d65ce0db (excl.)
  • affected from b17075d5c1988b83f840d272c795ac17d57ce804 to 0d515c409033c8e2a645a781be3ca76ab825fc8c (excl.)
  • affected from b17075d5c1988b83f840d272c795ac17d57ce804 to a6bb2f1fa62c56279bdcdadce28d1310c5e12b62 (excl.)
  • affected from b17075d5c1988b83f840d272c795ac17d57ce804 to 34f0f63dc6dc11895a17bb5672451b6b11622c99 (excl.)
  • affected from b17075d5c1988b83f840d272c795ac17d57ce804 to fb38fc58acb26d74fe8f7b19621fafaae3c040ff (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 4.11 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 4.11 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.274 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.225 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.192 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.162 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.116 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.62 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3.3 to 7.3.* (incl.)

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