CVE-2026-98102
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().
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Affected products
3- osv-coords2 versions
< 7.2.9-1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 7.2.9-1.1
- (no CPE)range: >= 5.13.0, < 6.6.158
Patches
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References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4352737297b262e8367675c19a7dc6a9f53c97afnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5149c60c406595b56fda0c6e9aae7fd287f636aanvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d4fe5c13f5056faa6deb09a90e24a89f9ebfad4nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/93b49239840b91313adbd77b8b52993eff2d08c1nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3343cd7ec8706c221e52b782f386b9af14a928anvd
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