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CVE-2026-98102

Last refreshed2026-10-03

Status: UPDATED  |  Advisory ID: CVE-2026-98102

Key Details

CVECVE-2026-98102
Affected productsLinux Linux

Affected Products, Subsystems & Sectors

VendorProductAffected VersionsPatch Status
LinuxLinux
SubsystemsGeneral OT
SectorsMultiple

What to Know

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(). (NVD)

What to Do

Monitor Linux's web page for any future patch releases.

References

SourceReference
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98102
CVEhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98102