Bug 2559754 (CVE-2026-99031)

Summary:	CVE-2026-99031 kernel: net: bridge: avoid recursive multicast port cleanup
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's network bridge subsystem. When cleaning up multicast port entries, the kernel executes recursive function calls that consume a new stack frame for each port being removed. An attacker capable of triggering the removal of a large number of multicast ports can exhaust kernel stack memory and cause a system crash, resulting in a denial of service (DoS).	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-23 13:30:46 UTC

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

net: bridge: avoid recursive multicast port cleanup

br_multicast_sg_del_exclude_ports() removes automatically added STAR_EXCL
port groups by calling br_multicast_del_pg(). For S,G entries, that
deletion calls back into br_multicast_sg_del_exclude_ports(), so a large
number of STAR_EXCL ports consumes one kernel stack frame per port and can
hit the stack guard page.

Keep the complete port-group deletion path for cleanup, but suppress the
S,G exclude-port cleanup while that helper is already walking the same
entry. Normal deletion callers retain the existing behavior.

Comment 1 gkamathe 2026-10-27 13:00:29 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-99031.mbox