CVE-2026-98101

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98101
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98101.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-98101
Downstream
Related
Published
2026-09-25T10:35:52Z
Modified
2026-10-09T17:26:59Z
Summary
ipv6: mcast: use copy-on-write RCU updates in ip6_mc_source()
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98101.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
882ba1f73c06831f2a21044ebd8864c485ac04f2
Fixed
ac51321d3b2391860a935820ebcf4d8b9bb16a8a
Fixed
dba00514bf668c26cb4900e9f0da84bf96bf065a
Fixed
2c2091e2ee93049fc513ad1e6c99d8b6c809f467
Fixed
20db91a052332ef5552bd2f651ffb9db911cf67b
Fixed
c073d1b070f171d206b19c98d71739a97f15b3f1
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
5.10.261
Fixed
5.11
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
47c75e3923c8d562fea8daf0ccf31546a7bef0ea

Affected versions

v5.*
v5.10.261
v5.10.262
v5.10.263
v5.10.264
v5.10.265
v5.10.266
v5.10.267
v5.10.268
v5.10.269
v5.10.270
v5.10.271

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98101.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.13.0
Fixed
6.6.158
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.112
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.53
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.2.7

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98101.json"