CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-98101
- Status
- Undergoing Analysis
- Published
- 2026-09-25
- Last modified
- 2026-10-19
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20db91a052332ef5552bd2f651ffb9db911cf67b git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c2091e2ee93049fc513ad1e6c99d8b6c809f467 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac51321d3b2391860a935820ebcf4d8b9bb16a8a git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c073d1b070f171d206b19c98d71739a97f15b3f1 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dba00514bf668c26cb4900e9f0da84bf96bf065a git.kernel.org