In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: mcast: use rcu_assign_pointer() for __rcu list updates
Several places in net/ipv6/mcast.c update RCU-protected lists
(np->ipv6_mc_list, idev->mc_list, idev->mc_tomb) using direct pointer
assignments instead of rcu_assign_pointer():
1. In __ipv6_dev_mc_dec(), unlinking a group from idev->mc_list did:
*map = ma->next;
without rcu_assign_pointer() while concurrent readers traverse
idev->mc_list locklessly under rcu_read_lock().
2. In ipv6_sock_mc_drop() and __ipv6_sock_mc_close(), unlinking a group
from np->ipv6_mc_list directly assigned *lnk = mc_lst->next and
np->ipv6_mc_list = mc_lst->next without rcu_assign_pointer(), racing
with lockless readers in inet6_mc_check().
3. In __ipv6_sock_mc_join(), mc_lst->next was initialized to
np->ipv6_mc_list via raw assignment before publishing mc_lst.
4. In mld_del_delrec() and __ipv6_dev_mc_inc(), __rcu source pointers
passed into rcu_assign_pointer() lacked explicit dereference helpers.
Fix these by consistently using rcu_assign_pointer() along with
mc_dereference() / sock_dereference().
References
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
28 Oct 2026, 19:12
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| CWE | CWE-362 | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c8f56c583c3250408367880c98e4d6fbc929315 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e3e3cec28c4d1bf29948da40b4e9e5d44f7852b - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e46b0c9fcf7e10b64ce1630b925f47918d1f7f6 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49d7e1b456ba2f3ee08b3e264d999c09992cde8e - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afca229b39acc2590976b3e4f6e0fe76cededc60 - Patch | |
| First Time |
Linux linux Kernel
Linux |
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 4.7 |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
21 Oct 2026, 13:21
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15 Oct 2026, 11:18
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-09-25 11:17
Updated : 2026-10-28 19:12
NVD link : CVE-2026-98099
Mitre link : CVE-2026-98099
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-98099
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
