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
...
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Ubuntu USN |
USN-6725-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-6725-2 | Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities |
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USN-6818-2 | Linux kernel (ARM laptop) vulnerabilities |
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USN-6818-3 | Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities |
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USN-6818-4 | Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6819-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-6819-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6819-3 | Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6819-4 | Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities |
Mon, 11 May 2026 20:45:00 +0000
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| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 02:45:00 +0000
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|---|---|---|
| First Time appeared |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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| Vendors & Products |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:15:00 +0000
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T20:01:08.891Z
Reserved: 2024-02-19T14:20:24.136Z
Link: CVE-2024-26631
Updated: 2024-08-02T00:07:19.693Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2024-03-18T11:15:09.483
Modified: 2024-11-21T09:02:43.580
Link: CVE-2024-26631
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