Description
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 / mld_ifc_work

write to 0xffff88813a80c832 of 1 bytes by task 3771 on cpu 0:
mld_ifc_stop_work net/ipv6/mcast.c:1080 [inline]
ipv6_mc_down+0x10a/0x280 net/ipv6/mcast.c:2725
addrconf_ifdown+0xe32/0xf10 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:3949
addrconf_notify+0x310/0x980
notifier_call_chain kernel/notifier.c:93 [inline]
raw_notifier_call_chain+0x6b/0x1c0 kernel/notifier.c:461
__dev_notify_flags+0x205/0x3d0
dev_change_flags+0xab/0xd0 net/core/dev.c:8685
do_setlink+0x9f6/0x2430 net/core/rtnetlink.c:2916
rtnl_group_changelink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3458 [inline]
__rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3717 [inline]
rtnl_newlink+0xbb3/0x1670 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3754
rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x807/0x8c0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6558
netlink_rcv_skb+0x126/0x220 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2545
rtnetlink_rcv+0x1c/0x20 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6576
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1342 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0x589/0x650 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1368
netlink_sendmsg+0x66e/0x770 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1910
...

write to 0xffff88813a80c832 of 1 bytes by task 22 on cpu 1:
mld_ifc_work+0x54c/0x7b0 net/ipv6/mcast.c:2653
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2627 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0x5b8/0xa30 kernel/workqueue.c:2700
worker_thread+0x525/0x730 kernel/workqueue.c:2781
...
Published: 2024-03-18
Score: 2.5 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
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History

Mon, 11 May 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T20:01:08.891Z

Reserved: 2024-02-19T14:20:24.136Z

Link: CVE-2024-26631

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:07:19.693Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-03-18T11:15:09.483

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:02:43.580

Link: CVE-2024-26631

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-03-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-26631 - Bugzilla

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