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CVE-2026-98347

Low risk· EPSS 8%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

8th percentile - higher than 8% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel IB/IPoIB subsystem, a fix was made to avoid restoring OPER_UP after multicast flush. Previously, the flag was temporarily cleared and restored, causing a race with ipoib_ib_dev_down(). After interface down, the flag could be set again, leading to deadlock in destroy_workqueue(). A dedicated IPOIB_FLAG_MCAST_FLUSH flag was introduced.

Risk Assessment

Deadlock during IPoIB interface shutdown could lead to system hang or crash, especially with dynamic interface management.

Recommendation

Install the Linux kernel patch that introduces the dedicated MCAST_FLUSH flag. Avoid frequent up/down of IPoIB interfaces if possible.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: IB/IPoIB: Avoid restoring OPER_UP after multicast flush ipoib_ib_dev_flush_light() temporarily clears IPOIB_FLAG_OPER_UP to prevent multicast joins while ipoib_mcast_dev_flush() is running, and restores the flag afterwards if it was previously set. This restore races with ipoib_ib_dev_down(). If the interface is brought down while the flush is in progress, ipoib_ib_dev_down() clears IPOIB_FLAG_OPER_UP, but the flush path may set it again after the device has already gone down. Since commit 894021a75291 ("IB/ipoib: Make the carrier_on_task race aware"), ipoib_mcast_carrier_on_task() relies on IPOIB_FLAG_OPER_UP being cleared to terminate its rtnl_trylock() retry loop. If the flag is left set after shutdown, the workqueue retries forever, causing teardown to deadlock when ipoib_ndo_uninit() waits in destroy_workqueue() while holding RTNL. Instead of overloading IPOIB_FLAG_OPER_UP to block multicast joins during a light flush, introduce a dedicated IPOIB_FLAG_MCAST_FLUSH flag. Use it together with IPOIB_FLAG_OPER_UP to determine whether multicast joins are allowed, avoiding the race with device shutdown.

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