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SUSE-SU-2026:1231-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2026-04-09 09:04 - Updated: 2026-04-09 09:04

Summary

Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 48 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4)

Severity

Important

Notes

Title of the patch: Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 48 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4)

Description of the patch: This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 5.14.21-150400.24.194 fixes one security issue The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2026-23209: macvlan: fix error recovery in macvlan_common_newlink() (bsc#1258784).

Patchnames: SUSE-2026-1231,SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2026-1231

CVE-2026-23209

7.8 (High)


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

Vendor Fix To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

References

URL

Category

	https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/	external
	https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/s…	self
	https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/…	self
	https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026…	self
	https://bugzilla.suse.com/1258784	self
	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23209/	self
	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23209	external
	https://bugzilla.suse.com/1258518	external
	https://bugzilla.suse.com/1258784	external

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CVE-2026-23209 (GCVE-0-2026-23209)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-14 16:27 – Updated: 2026-04-03 13:32

Title

macvlan: fix error recovery in macvlan_common_newlink()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: macvlan: fix error recovery in macvlan_common_newlink() valis provided a nice repro to crash the kernel: ip link add p1 type veth peer p2 ip link set address 00:00:00:00:00:20 dev p1 ip link set up dev p1 ip link set up dev p2 ip link add mv0 link p2 type macvlan mode source ip link add invalid% link p2 type macvlan mode source macaddr add 00:00:00:00:00:20 ping -c1 -I p1 1.2.3.4 He also gave a very detailed analysis: <quote valis> The issue is triggered when a new macvlan link is created with MACVLAN_MODE_SOURCE mode and MACVLAN_MACADDR_ADD (or MACVLAN_MACADDR_SET) parameter, lower device already has a macvlan port and register_netdevice() called from macvlan_common_newlink() fails (e.g. because of the invalid link name). In this case macvlan_hash_add_source is called from macvlan_change_sources() / macvlan_common_newlink(): This adds a reference to vlan to the port's vlan_source_hash using macvlan_source_entry. vlan is a pointer to the priv data of the link that is being created. When register_netdevice() fails, the error is returned from macvlan_newlink() to rtnl_newlink_create(): if (ops->newlink) err = ops->newlink(dev, &params, extack); else err = register_netdevice(dev); if (err < 0) { free_netdev(dev); goto out; } and free_netdev() is called, causing a kvfree() on the struct net_device that is still referenced in the source entry attached to the lower device's macvlan port. Now all packets sent on the macvlan port with a matching source mac address will trigger a use-after-free in macvlan_forward_source(). </quote valis> With all that, my fix is to make sure we call macvlan_flush_sources() regardless of @create value whenever "goto destroy_macvlan_port;" path is taken. Many thanks to valis for following up on this issue.

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


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

Assigner

Linux

References

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Tags

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	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dae6b36a7cb7a4fc…
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	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/986967a1621427100…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdedcd5aa3f3cb8b7…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8db6475a83649689…

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Linux

Affected: aa5fd0fb77486b8a6764ead8627baa14790e4280 , < da5c6b8ae47e414be47e5e04def15b25d5c962dc (git)
Affected: aa5fd0fb77486b8a6764ead8627baa14790e4280 , < 5dae6b36a7cb7a4fcf4121b95e9ca7f96f816c8a (git)
Affected: aa5fd0fb77486b8a6764ead8627baa14790e4280 , < c43d0e787cbba569ec9d11579ed370b50fab6c9c (git)
Affected: aa5fd0fb77486b8a6764ead8627baa14790e4280 , < 11ba9f0dc865136174cb98834280fb21bbc950c7 (git)
Affected: aa5fd0fb77486b8a6764ead8627baa14790e4280 , < 986967a162142710076782d5b93daab93a892980 (git)
Affected: aa5fd0fb77486b8a6764ead8627baa14790e4280 , < cdedcd5aa3f3cb8b7ae0f87ab3a936d0bd583d66 (git)
Affected: aa5fd0fb77486b8a6764ead8627baa14790e4280 , < f8db6475a83649689c087a8f52486fcc53e627e9 (git)

Linux

Affected: 4.9
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.9 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.250 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.200 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.163 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.124 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.70 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.10 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmacvlan: fix error recovery in macvlan_common_newlink()\n\nvalis provided a nice repro to crash the kernel:\n\nip link add p1 type veth peer p2\nip link set address 00:00:00:00:00:20 dev p1\nip link set up dev p1\nip link set up dev p2\n\nip link add mv0 link p2 type macvlan mode source\nip link add invalid% link p2 type macvlan mode source macaddr add 00:00:00:00:00:20\n\nping -c1 -I p1 1.2.3.4\n\nHe also gave a very detailed analysis:\n\n\u003cquote valis\u003e\n\nThe issue is triggered when a new macvlan link is created  with\nMACVLAN_MODE_SOURCE mode and MACVLAN_MACADDR_ADD (or\nMACVLAN_MACADDR_SET) parameter, lower device already has a macvlan\nport and register_netdevice() called from macvlan_common_newlink()\nfails (e.g. because of the invalid link name).\n\nIn this case macvlan_hash_add_source is called from\nmacvlan_change_sources() / macvlan_common_newlink():\n\nThis adds a reference to vlan to the port\u0027s vlan_source_hash using\nmacvlan_source_entry.\n\nvlan is a pointer to the priv data of the link that is being created.\n\nWhen register_netdevice() fails, the error is returned from\nmacvlan_newlink() to rtnl_newlink_create():\n\n        if (ops-\u003enewlink)\n                err = ops-\u003enewlink(dev, \u0026params, extack);\n        else\n                err = register_netdevice(dev);\n        if (err \u003c 0) {\n                free_netdev(dev);\n                goto out;\n        }\n\nand free_netdev() is called, causing a kvfree() on the struct\nnet_device that is still referenced in the source entry attached to\nthe lower device\u0027s macvlan port.\n\nNow all packets sent on the macvlan port with a matching source mac\naddress will trigger a use-after-free in macvlan_forward_source().\n\n\u003c/quote valis\u003e\n\nWith all that, my fix is to make sure we call macvlan_flush_sources()\nregardless of @create value whenever \"goto destroy_macvlan_port;\"\npath is taken.\n\nMany thanks to valis for following up on this issue."
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CVE-2026-23209 (GCVE-0-2026-23209)

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