UNKNOWN NVD
CVE-2026-98101
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 lockless
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
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c2091e2ee93049fc513ad1e6c99d8b6c809f467
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c073d1b070f171d206b19c98d71739a97f15b3f1
This unknown severity vulnerability was published on 2026-09-25 via NVD.
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