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CVE-2026-23001

macvlan: fix possible UAF in macvlan_forward_source() PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected 79cf79abce71eb7dbc40e2f3121048ca5405cb47 before 8133e85b8a3ec9f10d861e0002ec6037256e987e; affected 79cf79abce71eb7dbc40e2f3121048ca5405cb47 before 484919832e2db6ce1e8add92c469e5d459a516b5; affected 79cf79abce71eb7dbc40e2f3121048ca5405cb47 before 232afc74a6dde0fe1830988e5827921f5ec9bb3f; affected 79cf79abce71eb7dbc40e2f3121048ca5405cb47 before 15f6faf36e162532bec5cc05eb3fc622108bf2ed; affected 79cf79abce71eb7dbc40e2f3121048ca5405cb47 before 8518712a2ca952d6da2238c6f0a16b4ae5ea3f13; affected 79cf79abce71eb7dbc40e2f3121048ca5405cb47 before 6dbead9c7677186f22b7981dd085a0feec1f038e; affected 79cf79abce71eb7dbc40e2f3121048ca5405cb47 before 7470a7a63dc162f07c26dbf960e41ee1e248d80e
Linux / Linuxaffected 3.18; unaffected 0 before 3.18; unaffected 5.10.249 through 5.10.*; unaffected 5.15.199 through 5.15.*; unaffected 6.1.162 through 6.1.*; unaffected 6.6.122 through 6.6.*; unaffected 6.12.67 through 6.12.*; unaffected 6.18.7 through 6.18.*; unaffected 6.19 through *

CWE

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