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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: mcast: use rcu-safe version of ipv6_get_lladdr() Some time ago 8965779d2c0e ("ipv6,mcast: always hold idev->lock before mca…

Medium CVSS 5.5
CVECVE-2022-48785
First seen2026-07-24 16:16 UTC
Disclosed2024-07-16 12:15 UTC
Last updated2026-07-24 16:16 UTC
Channel statusauto

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: mcast: use rcu-safe version of ipv6_get_lladdr() Some time ago 8965779d2c0e ("ipv6,mcast: always hold idev->lock before mca_lock") switched ipv6_get_lladdr() to __ipv6_get_lladdr(), which is rcu-unsafe version. That was OK, because idev->lock was held for these codepaths. In 88e2ca308094 ("mld: convert ifmcaddr6 to RCU") these external locks were removed, so we probably need to restore the original rcu-safe call. Othe…

In-depth triage · Auto channel

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Sources

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Timeline

  1. nvd_ingest NVD