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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-25 14:36 – Updated: 2026-01-25 14:36
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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
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Linux Linux Affected: 79cf79abce71eb7dbc40e2f3121048ca5405cb47 , < 8518712a2ca952d6da2238c6f0a16b4ae5ea3f13 (git)
Affected: 79cf79abce71eb7dbc40e2f3121048ca5405cb47 , < 6dbead9c7677186f22b7981dd085a0feec1f038e (git)
Affected: 79cf79abce71eb7dbc40e2f3121048ca5405cb47 , < 7470a7a63dc162f07c26dbf960e41ee1e248d80e (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 3.18
Unaffected: 0 , < 3.18 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.67 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.7 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19-rc6 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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