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GHSA-VGC7-M4R9-XW45

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-25 15:30 – Updated: 2026-03-25 21:30

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

macvlan: fix possible UAF in macvlan_forward_source()

Add RCU protection on (struct macvlan_source_entry)->vlan.

Whenever macvlan_hash_del_source() is called, we must clear entry->vlan pointer before RCU grace period starts.

This allows macvlan_forward_source() to skip over entries queued for freeing.

Note that macvlan_dev are already RCU protected, as they are embedded in a standard netdev (netdev_priv(ndev)).

https: //lore.kernel.org/netdev/695fb1e8.050a0220.1c677c.039f.GAE@google.com/T/#u

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-23001 (GCVE-0-2026-23001)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-25 14:36 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:20

Title

macvlan: fix possible UAF in macvlan_forward_source()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: macvlan: fix possible UAF in macvlan_forward_source() Add RCU protection on (struct macvlan_source_entry)->vlan. Whenever macvlan_hash_del_source() is called, we must clear entry->vlan pointer before RCU grace period starts. This allows macvlan_forward_source() to skip over entries queued for freeing. Note that macvlan_dev are already RCU protected, as they are embedded in a standard netdev (netdev_priv(ndev)). https: //lore.kernel.org/netdev/695fb1e8.050a0220.1c677c.039f.GAE@google.com/T/#u

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-06-16 20:17 UTC

Assigner

Linux mitre root Scorecard

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8133e85b8a3ec9f10…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/484919832e2db6ce1…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/232afc74a6dde0fe1…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15f6faf36e162532b…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8518712a2ca952d6d…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dbead9c7677186f2…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7470a7a63dc162f07…

Impacted products

2 products

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Linux	Linux	Affected: 79cf79abce71eb7dbc40e2f3121048ca5405cb47 , < 8133e85b8a3ec9f10d861e0002ec6037256e987e (git) Affected: 79cf79abce71eb7dbc40e2f3121048ca5405cb47 , < 484919832e2db6ce1e8add92c469e5d459a516b5 (git) Affected: 79cf79abce71eb7dbc40e2f3121048ca5405cb47 , < 232afc74a6dde0fe1830988e5827921f5ec9bb3f (git) Affected: 79cf79abce71eb7dbc40e2f3121048ca5405cb47 , < 15f6faf36e162532bec5cc05eb3fc622108bf2ed (git) Affected: 79cf79abce71eb7dbc40e2f3121048ca5405cb47 , < 8518712a2ca952d6da2238c6f0a16b4ae5ea3f13 (git) Affected: 79cf79abce71eb7dbc40e2f3121048ca5405cb47 , < 6dbead9c7677186f22b7981dd085a0feec1f038e (git) Affected: 79cf79abce71eb7dbc40e2f3121048ca5405cb47 , < 7470a7a63dc162f07c26dbf960e41ee1e248d80e (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 3.18 Unaffected: 0 , < 3.18 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.249 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.199 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.162 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.122 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.67 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.7 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.19 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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