CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-98102
- 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: 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().
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4352737297b262e8367675c19a7dc6a9f53c97af git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5149c60c406595b56fda0c6e9aae7fd287f636aa git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d4fe5c13f5056faa6deb09a90e24a89f9ebfad4 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93b49239840b91313adbd77b8b52993eff2d08c1 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3343cd7ec8706c221e52b782f386b9af14a928a git.kernel.org