Bridge multicast teardown truncates port group walk in Linux kernel
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 6 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
The Linux kernel bridge multicast code stops its port group walk early during teardown. A port group deleted as a side effect of another deletion can cut the iteration short, leaving groups with a dangling port pointer after the port is freed. A local user with low privileges can trigger this, and the CVSS vector rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-01
Description from the CNA
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 5.10 and later | 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.161, 6.12.115, 6.18.59, 7.2.13, 7.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.10 and later Fixed in 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.161, 6.12.115, 6.18.59, 7.2.13, 7.3 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update the Linux kernel to 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.161, 6.12.115, 6.18.59, 7.2.13 or 7.3. The sources list no fixed version for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (no fix planned) or for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, 9 and 10 and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 and 5 (none available).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-01
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.161, 6.12.115, 6.18.59, 7.2.13, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. 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
- 2026-10-28 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-99117
- 2026-10-28 Alias added: GHSA-phhg-87vx-7j2v
- 2026-10-29 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-29 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/Linux@025c25ad73323c7dc5af4ee97fe0a2c0b3c177c8, Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected] +7 · CNA
- 2026-10-30 5 new references · CNA
- 2026-10-31 CVSS score added · CNA
- 2026-10-31 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be331b23c650de9518f8266b901d8abb9b36af77
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab836d56ff43f2e7927e88c83cd02c47a98a672e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/025c25ad73323c7dc5af4ee97fe0a2c0b3c177c8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0db9f4ff402becff710ab27dbd9f6fe4850b47e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e69d4927dacd6ddaff09777a89efc0d3143d3b0d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8243d587a081e790ad96e80d48eef44d9f7ef005
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b45e8c24608c992d1e2cea047eb5bcbfa537f86b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a3f7a683aee56e1f15c9d53041f3236767eaae7
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Sources
- CVE-2026-99117 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-99117 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-phhg-87vx-7j2v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-99117 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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