CVE-2026-46086CWE-476

CVE-2026-46086

Medium · published May 27, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00129 · 2.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2026-05-27T18:17Z
Affected products (14)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 3.14.1, < 5.10.2595.10.259
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.2105.15.210
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.1766.1.176
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.1406.6.140
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.866.12.86
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.276.18.27
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 7.0.47.0.4
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References (11)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 MAY 12:58Z
    net: bridge: use a stable FDB dst snapshot in RCU readers
    cvelistv5