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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: mcast: fix data-race in ipv6_mc_down / mld_ifc_work idev->mc_ifc_count can be written over without proper locking. Origina…

Medium CVSS 4.7
CVECVE-2024-26631
First seen2026-07-24 16:15 UTC
Disclosed2024-03-18 11:15 UTC
Last updated2026-07-24 16:15 UTC
Channel statusauto

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: mcast: fix data-race in ipv6_mc_down / mld_ifc_work idev->mc_ifc_count can be written over without proper locking. Originally found by syzbot [1], fix this issue by encapsulating calls to mld_ifc_stop_work() (and mld_gq_stop_work() for good measure) with mutex_lock() and mutex_unlock() accordingly as these functions should only be called with mc_lock per their declarations. [1] BUG: KCSAN: data-race in ipv6_mc_down / …

In-depth triage · Auto channel

No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).

Affected products

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Sources

  • NVD DATABASE

Original Links

Timeline

  1. nvd_ingest NVD