CVE-2026-98102 PUBLISHED

ipv6: mcast: fix RCU list diversion in ip6_mc_del1_src()

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

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

ipv6: mcast: fix RCU list diversion in ip6_mc_del1_src()

When removing a source filter whose count reaches zero, ip6_mc_del1_src() unlinks psf from pmc->mca_sources. If the filter was previously active, the code moved psf directly into pmc->mca_tomb by updating psf->sf_next.

Because pmc->mca_sources is traversed locklessly under RCU (e.g. by ipv6_chk_mcast_addr()), mutating psf->sf_next before a grace period elapses diverts concurrent readers to the tombstone list. Consequently, readers miss remaining active sources in pmc->mca_sources and improperly examine deleted tombstone entries.

Fix this by allocating a new tombstone node for pmc->mca_tomb (as done in sf_setstate()) and retiring the original psf via kfree_rcu().

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 4b200e398953c237c86d32bf26d4cb2a96556a6f to 4352737297b262e8367675c19a7dc6a9f53c97af (excl.)
  • affected from 4b200e398953c237c86d32bf26d4cb2a96556a6f to 8d4fe5c13f5056faa6deb09a90e24a89f9ebfad4 (excl.)
  • affected from 4b200e398953c237c86d32bf26d4cb2a96556a6f to 5149c60c406595b56fda0c6e9aae7fd287f636aa (excl.)
  • affected from 4b200e398953c237c86d32bf26d4cb2a96556a6f to 93b49239840b91313adbd77b8b52993eff2d08c1 (excl.)
  • Version 86c49119f0353f857cc08030ec9e4ebaab3d5a64 is affected
  • affected from 5.10.261 to 5.11 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.13 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.13 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.111 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.53 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.7 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc2 to * (incl.)

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