Unscored severity · published Oct 28, 2026
CVE-2026-99117
net: bridge: mcast: don't truncate the port group walk on teardown
New
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CVSS
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EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: bridge: mcast: don't truncate the port group walk on teardown
__br_multicast_disable_port_ctx() and br_multicast_del_port() walk
port->mglist with hlist_for_each_entry_safe(). However,
br_multicast_find_del_pg() can also delete other entries from the same
list through br_multicast_fwd_src_remove() or __fwd_del_star_excl().
If such an entry is the iterator's saved next node, hlist_del_init()
clears its ->next and terminates the walk early. The reproducer triggers
this in both teardown walks, leaving port groups in the bridge mdb with
a dangling ->key.port after del_nbp() frees the port:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __mdb_fill_info+0x1191/0x1320
__mdb_fill_info+0x1191/0x1320
br_mdb_dump+0x594/0xe40
rtnl_mdb_dump+0x1cf/0x5d0
Use hlist_del_init_rcu() to unlink the group while preserving ->next.
br_multicast_del_pg() and the teardown walks run under
br->multicast_lock. The GC worker must acquire the same lock before
detaching the group for destruction, so the node remains alive while
the walk uses the preserved pointer.
Preserving ->next means a walk can now reach a group that an earlier
iteration already deleted as a side effect. That group is off mp->ports,
so br_multicast_find_del_pg() would fall through its port scan and hit
the trailing WARN_ON(1). Skip such groups at the top of that helper: a
port group is put on port->mglist when it is created and only unlinked
when it is deleted, so hlist_unhashed() identifies exactly this case.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
b08123684bd55fa6d6ee4b52d4ae3040fadb5aa2 before 8243d587a081e790ad96e80d48eef44d9f7ef005; b08123684bd55fa6d6ee4b52d4ae3040fadb5aa2 before b45e8c24608c992d1e2cea047eb5bcbfa537f86b; b08123684bd55fa6d6ee4b52d4ae3040fadb5aa2 before 5a3f7a683aee56e1f15c9d53041f3236767eaae7; 5.10 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99117
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99117
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8243d587a081e790ad96e80d48eef44d9f7ef005
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b45e8c24608c992d1e2cea047eb5bcbfa537f86b
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a3f7a683aee56e1f15c9d53041f3236767eaae7
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