Bug 2541373 (CVE-2026-98102) - CVE-2026-98102 kernel: ipv6: mcast: fix RCU list diversion in ip6_mc_del1_src()
Summary: CVE-2026-98102 kernel: ipv6: mcast: fix RCU list diversion in ip6_mc_del1_src()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98102
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security
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Reported: 2026-09-25 11:37 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-11-01 00:51 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-25 11:37:01 UTC
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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