๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-23103

HIGH 7.8

ipvlan: Make the addrs_lock be per port

CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
2th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipvlan: Make the addrs_lock be per port Make the addrs_lock be per port, not per ipvlan dev. Initial code seems to be written in the assumption, that any address change must occur under RTNL. But it is not so for the case of IPv6. So 1) Introduce per-port addrs_lock. 2) It was needed to fix places where it was forgotten to take lock (ipvlan_open/ipvlan_close) This appears to be a very minor problem though. Since it's highly unlikely that ipvlan_add_addr() will be called on 2 CPU simultaneously. But nevertheless, this could cause: 1) False-negative of ipvlan_addr_busy(): one interface iterated through all port->ipvlans + ipvlan->addrs under some ipvlan spinlock, and another added IP under its own lock. Though this is only possible for IPv6, since looks like only ipvlan_addr6_event() can be called without rtnl_lock. 2) Race since ipvlan_ht_addr_add(port) is called under different ipvlan->addrs_lock locks This should not affect performance, since add/remove IP is a rare situation and spinlock is not taken on fast paths.

Vendor linux
Product linux
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Published Feb 4, 2026
Last Updated Apr 3, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
8230819494b3bf284ca7262ac5f877333147b937 < 3c149b662cbb202a450e81f938e702ba333864ad 8230819494b3bf284ca7262ac5f877333147b937 < 70feb16e3fbfb10b15de1396557c38e99f1ab8df 8230819494b3bf284ca7262ac5f877333147b937 < 88f83e6c9cdb46b8c8ddd0ba01393362963cf589 8230819494b3bf284ca7262ac5f877333147b937 < 04ba6de6eff61238e5397c14ac26a6578c7735a5 8230819494b3bf284ca7262ac5f877333147b937 < 1f300c10d92c547c3a7d978e1212ff52f18256ed 8230819494b3bf284ca7262ac5f877333147b937 < 6a81e2db096913d7e43aada1c350c1282e76db39 8230819494b3bf284ca7262ac5f877333147b937 < d3ba32162488283c0a4c5bedd8817aec91748802
Linux / Linux
4.17

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c149b662cbb202a450e81f938e702ba333864ad git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70feb16e3fbfb10b15de1396557c38e99f1ab8df git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88f83e6c9cdb46b8c8ddd0ba01393362963cf589 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04ba6de6eff61238e5397c14ac26a6578c7735a5 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f300c10d92c547c3a7d978e1212ff52f18256ed git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a81e2db096913d7e43aada1c350c1282e76db39 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3ba32162488283c0a4c5bedd8817aec91748802