CVE-2026-74480 (GCVE-0-2026-74480)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-15 12:27
Modified
2026-08-19 16:37
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: bridge: stop fast-leave after deleting a port group
br_multicast_leave_group() iterates mp->ports with pp = &p->next in
its fast-leave path. After br_multicast_del_pg() removes p,
continuing the loop advances pp through the deleted entry.
If multicast-to-unicast was enabled, the bridge can hold multiple port
groups for the same port and group with different source MAC
addresses. Once multicast-to-unicast is disabled,
br_port_group_equal() matches those entries by port only. A fast leave
can then delete one entry and continue from its stale next pointer,
leaving mp->ports pointing at a deleted port group.
Fast leave only needs to remove one matching port group. Break after
br_multicast_del_pg() so the loop stops before dereferencing the
removed entry.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Version: 6db6f0eae6052b70885562e1733896647ec1d807 Version: 6db6f0eae6052b70885562e1733896647ec1d807 Version: 6db6f0eae6052b70885562e1733896647ec1d807 Version: 6db6f0eae6052b70885562e1733896647ec1d807 Version: 6db6f0eae6052b70885562e1733896647ec1d807 Version: 6db6f0eae6052b70885562e1733896647ec1d807 Version: 6db6f0eae6052b70885562e1733896647ec1d807 Version: 6db6f0eae6052b70885562e1733896647ec1d807 |
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