net: bridge: use option bits for CFM/MRP frame handlers
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 6 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bridge: use option bits for CFM/MRP frame handlers CFM and MRP register a global br_frame_type whose hlist_node is linked into the per-bridge frame_type_list when the first MEP/MRP instance is created. Enabling the protocol on multiple bridges therefore inserts the same node into multiple lists. Unregistering it on one bridge then corrupts list state belonging to another. These handlers can only be installed once per bridge, and they are uncommon. Track their per-bridge enable state with net_bridge option bits, which already live on the Rx hot cache line, and dispatch the matching handler directly from the receive path. Check both bits together first as an unlikely case. Remove the generic frame_type_list and br_frame_type helpers, which have had no other users since CFM and MRP were added. That shrinks struct net_bridge by 8 bytes and drops the list walk from the fast path. When neither protocol is compiled in, BR_CFM_MRP_OPTS is 0 and the compiler prunes the branch.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.112, 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-97615
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jx7q-xjrp-x794
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@be5ead6552418d70df3a76b962ccd6ed78a31fb5 · CNA
- 2026-10-03 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/Linux@260f99b355a44f6ce67971ebc9223b22c8f93957, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/Linux@158b6563c6c9dc0f368a2169911fb4f8a5ea0592, Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected] +1 · CNA
- 2026-10-30 2 new references · CNA
- 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/935eb5581583b008d0c8e928c03021b45967439b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/158b6563c6c9dc0f368a2169911fb4f8a5ea0592
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/260f99b355a44f6ce67971ebc9223b22c8f93957
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be5ead6552418d70df3a76b962ccd6ed78a31fb5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/994fd705ca498223d188024cde833739a9dddbd2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42e033c8f30fd2923ccac3373ae70797e521dae1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a49e6b16f36b8e085521699adbca3e321b6dd0c
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Sources
- CVE-2026-97615 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-97615 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jx7q-xjrp-x794 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-97615 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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