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CVE-2026-46086

5.5 medium Undergoing Analysis

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.

Fix

Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 8

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Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 5.5 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-15 02:19

Affected (CPE criteria) 8

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 11