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High · 7.8 CVE-2026-23273 EUVD-2026-13609GHSA-r5gh-q6f7-7q3v

macvlan: observe an RCU grace period in macvlan_common_newlink() error path

Published Mar 20, 2026 · Updated Nov 10, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.17 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-6.8 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.17 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-6.8 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.17 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-ibm-6.8 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.11 Package: linux-nvidia-6.17 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia-lowlatency Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-igx Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.14 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.14 Package: linux-oracle-6.17 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-realtime-6.14 Package: linux-realtime-6.17 Package: linux-realtime-6.8 Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.14 Package: linux-riscv-6.17 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-riscv-6.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-xilinx Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

macvlan: observe an RCU grace period in macvlan_common_newlink() error path

valis reported that a race condition still happens after my prior patch.

macvlan_common_newlink() might have made @dev visible before
detecting an error, and its caller will directly call free_netdev(dev).

We must respect an RCU period, either in macvlan or the core networking
stack.

After adding a temporary mdelay(1000) in macvlan_forward_source_one()
to open the race window, valis repro was:

ip link add p1 type veth peer p2
ip link set address 00:00:00:00:00:20 dev p1
ip link set up dev p1
ip link set up dev p2
ip link add mv0 link p2 type macvlan mode source

(ip link add invalid% link p2 type macvlan mode source macaddr add
00:00:00:00:00:20 &) ; sleep 0.5 ; ping -c1 -I p1 1.2.3.4
PING 1.2.3.4 (1.2.3.4): 56 data bytes
RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in macvlan_forward_source
(drivers/net/macvlan.c:408 drivers/net/macvlan.c:444)
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888016bb89c0 by task e/175

CPU: 1 UID: 1000 PID: 175 Comm: e Not tainted 6.19.0-rc8+ #33 NONE
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-2 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:123)
print_report (mm/kasan/report.c:379 mm/kasan/report.c:482)
? macvlan_forward_source (drivers/net/macvlan.c:408 drivers/net/macvlan.c:444)
kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:597)
? macvlan_forward_source (drivers/net/macvlan.c:408 drivers/net/macvlan.c:444)
macvlan_forward_source (drivers/net/macvlan.c:408 drivers/net/macvlan.c:444)
? tasklet_init (kernel/softirq.c:983)
macvlan_handle_frame (drivers/net/macvlan.c:501)

Allocated by task 169:
kasan_save_stack (mm/kasan/common.c:58)
kasan_save_track (./arch/x86/include/asm/current.h:25
mm/kasan/common.c:70 mm/kasan/common.c:79)
__kasan_kmalloc (mm/kasan/common.c:419)
__kvmalloc_node_noprof (./include/linux/kasan.h:263 mm/slub.c:5657
mm/slub.c:7140)
alloc_netdev_mqs (net/core/dev.c:12012)
rtnl_create_link (net/core/rtnetlink.c:3648)
rtnl_newlink (net/core/rtnetlink.c:3830 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3957
net/core/rtnetlink.c:4072)
rtnetlink_rcv_msg (net/core/rtnetlink.c:6958)
netlink_rcv_skb (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550)
netlink_unicast (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344)
netlink_sendmsg (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894)
__sys_sendto (net/socket.c:727 net/socket.c:742 net/socket.c:2206)
__x64_sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2209)
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:131)

Freed by task 169:
kasan_save_stack (mm/kasan/common.c:58)
kasan_save_track (./arch/x86/include/asm/current.h:25
mm/kasan/common.c:70 mm/kasan/common.c:79)
kasan_save_free_info (mm/kasan/generic.c:587)
__kasan_slab_free (mm/kasan/common.c:287)
kfree (mm/slub.c:6674 mm/slub.c:6882)
rtnl_newlink (net/core/rtnetlink.c:3845 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3957
net/core/rtnetlink.c:4072)
rtnetlink_rcv_msg (net/core/rtnetlink.c:6958)
netlink_rcv_skb (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550)
netlink_unicast (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344)
netlink_sendmsg (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894)
__sys_sendto (net/socket.c:727 net/socket.c:742 net/socket.c:2206)
__x64_sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2209)
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:131)

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.10.250 – < 5.10.252, 5.15.200 – < 5.15.202, 6.1.163 – < 6.1.165, 6.6.124 – < 6.6.128, 6.12.70 – < 6.12.75, 6.18.10 – < 6.18.14, 6.19 5.10.252

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.18.14-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.85-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.170-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 24.04 LTS linux-bluefield 6.8.0-1022.26 —
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1090.92 —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux 6.17.0-23.23 —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-aws +1 6.17.0-1013.13 —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-oracle 6.17.0-1012.12 —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-raspi 6.17.0-1014.14 —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-realtime 6.17.0-1011.12 —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-riscv 6.17.0-23.23.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-111.111 USN-8254-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1053.56 USN-8254-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws-6.17 +1 6.17.0-1013.13~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1055.58 USN-8254-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1051.57 USN-8254-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1038.41 USN-8254-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.17 6.17.0-23.23~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1052.52 USN-8254-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-111.111.1 USN-8254-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1052.55 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.17 6.17.0-1026.26 USN-8508-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1052.55.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1023.23 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1050.51 USN-8254-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.17 6.17.0-1014.14~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1053.57 USN-8254-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +12 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.17 6.17.0-23.23.1~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1029.30 USN-8261-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-177.187 USN-8255-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1106.113 USN-8255-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1053.56~22.04.1 USN-8254-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1111.120 USN-8255-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1106.115 USN-8255-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1060.63~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1102.108 USN-8255-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1089.97 USN-8255-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 +1 6.8.0-111.111~22.04.1 USN-8254-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1100.103 USN-8255-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1052.52~22.04.1 USN-8254-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1101.107 USN-8255-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1098.103 USN-8255-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-111.111.1~22.04.1 USN-8254-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1101.102 USN-8255-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1058.58 USN-8255-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1047.47 USN-8255-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1103.109 USN-8255-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1050.51~22.04.1 USN-8254-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1070.74 USN-8275-1
Show 13 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2043.44 USN-8254-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1048.49 USN-8254-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.17 6.17.0-1011.12~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1098.100 USN-8255-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1105.114 USN-8255-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1048.49~22.04.1 USN-8254-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 6.8.0-1053.56+fips1 USN-8254-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 6.8.0-1054.60+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-111.111+fips1 USN-8254-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 6.8.0-1055.58+fips1 USN-8254-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1106.113+fips1 USN-8255-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1111.120+fips1 USN-8255-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-177.187+fips1 USN-8255-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1106.115+fips1 USN-8255-1
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS linux 7.0.0-30.30 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS linux-aws 7.0.0-1011.11 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS linux-azure 7.0.0-1012.12 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS linux-gcp 7.0.0-1010.10 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-142.142 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1065.68 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1068.76 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1069.77 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1064.72 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1065.66 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1062.65 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS linux 5.15.0-202.212 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1119.126 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1065.68~22.04.1 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1125.134 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1120.130 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1069.77~22.04.1 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1115.121 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-149.149~22.04.1 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1113.117 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1066.67~22.04.1 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 5.15.0-197.207 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-245.265 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1106.113~20.04.1 USN-8255-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1111.120~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-177.187~20.04.1 USN-8255-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1100.103~20.04.1 USN-8255-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1101.107~20.04.1 USN-8255-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1058.58~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1104.110~20.04.1 USN-8439-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1100.104~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux 4.15.0-260.272 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws 4.15.0-1197.210 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-4.15 4.15.0-1207.222 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-4.15 4.15.0-1190.207 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-245.265~18.04.1 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1160.171 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux 4.4.0-291.325 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws 4.4.0-1200.215 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws-hwe 4.15.0-1197.210~16.04.1 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1208.223~16.04.1 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp 4.15.0-1190.207~16.04.1 LSN-0122-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-hwe 4.15.0-260.272~16.04.2 LSN-0122-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-64kb +7 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1.150700.17.33.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.112.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2195-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.112.1.150600.12.52.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2195-1
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.112.1.150600.12.52.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2195-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 kernel-docs +4 6.4.0-150600.23.112.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2195-1
SLE Micro 6.2 kernel-syms +1 6.12.0-160000.33.1 SUSE-SU-2026:21834-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_15 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.112.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2195-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_26 1-150600.13.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2195-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.12.77-99.140 +1 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1543, ALAS2023-2026-1491
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 1:6.1.164-196.303.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1491
Amazon Linux 2023 perf6.12 +14 1:6.12.77-99.140.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1543

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-202.76.4.1.el10uek ELSA-2026-50372, ELSA-2026-50260

Advisories 23

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