FKIE_CVE-2026-46086
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-27 14:17 - Updated: 2026-05-27 14:48
Severity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: bridge: use a stable FDB dst snapshot in RCU readers
Local FDB entries can be rewritten in place by `fdb_delete_local()`, which
updates `f->dst` to another port or to `NULL` while keeping the entry
alive. Several bridge RCU readers inspect `f->dst`, including
`br_fdb_fillbuf()` through the `brforward_read()` sysfs path.
These readers currently load `f->dst` multiple times and can therefore
observe inconsistent values across the check and later dereference.
In `br_fdb_fillbuf()`, this means a concurrent local-FDB update can change
`f->dst` after the NULL check and before the `port_no` dereference,
leading to a NULL-ptr-deref.
Fix this by taking a single `READ_ONCE()` snapshot of `f->dst` in each
affected RCU reader and using that snapshot for the rest of the access
sequence. Also publish the in-place `f->dst` updates in `fdb_delete_local()`
with `WRITE_ONCE()` so the readers and writer use matching access patterns.
References
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"descriptions": [
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: bridge: use a stable FDB dst snapshot in RCU readers\n\nLocal FDB entries can be rewritten in place by `fdb_delete_local()`, which\nupdates `f-\u003edst` to another port or to `NULL` while keeping the entry\nalive. Several bridge RCU readers inspect `f-\u003edst`, including\n`br_fdb_fillbuf()` through the `brforward_read()` sysfs path.\n\nThese readers currently load `f-\u003edst` multiple times and can therefore\nobserve inconsistent values across the check and later dereference.\nIn `br_fdb_fillbuf()`, this means a concurrent local-FDB update can change\n`f-\u003edst` after the NULL check and before the `port_no` dereference,\nleading to a NULL-ptr-deref.\n\nFix this by taking a single `READ_ONCE()` snapshot of `f-\u003edst` in each\naffected RCU reader and using that snapshot for the rest of the access\nsequence. Also publish the in-place `f-\u003edst` updates in `fdb_delete_local()`\nwith `WRITE_ONCE()` so the readers and writer use matching access patterns."
}
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"id": "CVE-2026-46086",
"lastModified": "2026-05-27T14:48:03.013",
"metrics": {},
"published": "2026-05-27T14:17:30.080",
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"vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
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