CVE-2026-98301: net: bridge: mst: move switchdev call outside rcu

Published Oct 6, 2026
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Updated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: bridge: mst: move switchdev call outside rcu

This is a follow-up of one of sashiko's pre-existing bug reports. brmstsetstate() calls switchdevportattrset() for nonzero MSTIs while holding rcureadlock() which invokes the blocking switchdev notifier chain and may sleep. Nonzero MSTI changes come from netlink with rtnl held. Move the switchdev call before entering the rcu section and assert that rtnl is held.

The call cannot be deferred because netlink needs its error and extack. Also DSA reads the old bridge MST state during the callback and checks it. A deferred callback will be late and will see the updated state.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Linux Linux kernel

Event History

Oct 6, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:45 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:45 AM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·09:18 AM
Description

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