CVE-2026-45913

What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bridge: mcast: always update mdb_n_entries for vlan contexts syzbot triggered a warning[1] about the number of mdb entries in a context. It turned out that there are multiple ways to trigger that warning today (some got added during the years), the root cause of the problem is that the increase is done conditionally, and over the years these different conditions increased so there were new ways to trigger the warning, that is to do a decrease which wasn't paired with a previous increase. For example one way to trigger it is with flush: $ ip l add br0 up type bridge vlan_filtering 1 mcast_snooping 1 $ ip l add dumdum up master br0 type dummy $ bridge mdb add dev br0 port dumdum grp 239.0.0.1 permanent vid 1 $ ip link set dev br0 down $ ip link set dev br0 type bridge mcast_vlan_snooping 1 ^^^^ this will enable snooping, but will not update mdb_n_entries because in __br_multicast_enable_port_ctx() we check !netif_running $ bridge mdb flush dev br0 ^^^ this will trigger the warning because it will delete the pg which we added above, which will try to decrease mdb_n_entries Fix the problem by removing the conditional increase and always keep the count up-to-date while the vlan exists. In order to do that we have to first initialize it on port-vlan context creation, and then always increase or decrease the value regardless of mcast options. To keep the current behaviour we have to enforce the mdb limit only if the context is port's or if the port-vlan's mcast snooping is enabled. [1] ------------[ cut here ]------------ n == 0 WARNING: net/bridge/br_multicast.c:718 at br_multicast_port_ngroups_dec_one net/bridge/br_multicast.c:718 [inline], CPU#0: syz.4.4607/22043 WARNING: net/bridge/br_multicast.c:718 at br_multicast_port_ngroups_dec net/bridge/br_multicast.c:771 [inline], CPU#0: syz.4.4607/22043 WARNING: net/bridge/br_multicast.c:718 at br_multicast_del_pg+0x1bbe/0x1e20 net/bridge/br_multicast.c:825, CPU#0: syz.4.4607/22043 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 22043 Comm: syz.4.4607 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/24/2026 RIP: 0010:br_multicast_port_ngroups_dec_one net/bridge/br_multicast.c:718 [inline] RIP: 0010:br_multicast_port_ngroups_dec net/bridge/br_multicast.c:771 [inline] RIP: 0010:br_multicast_del_pg+0x1bbe/0x1e20 net/bridge/br_multicast.c:825 Code: 41 5f 5d e9 04 7a 48 f7 e8 3f 73 5c f7 90 0f 0b 90 e9 cf fd ff ff e8 31 73 5c f7 90 0f 0b 90 e9 16 fd ff ff e8 23 73 5c f7 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 60 fd ff ff e8 15 73 5c f7 eb 05 e8 0e 73 5c f7 48 8b RSP: 0018:ffffc9000c207220 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: ffffffff8a68042d RBX: ffff88807c6f1800 RCX: ffff888066e90000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff888066e90000 R09: 000000000000000c R10: 000000000000000c R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8880303ef800 R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff888050eb11c4 R15: 1ffff1100a1d6238 FS: 00007fa45921b6c0(0000) GS:ffff8881256f5000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007fa4591f9ff8 CR3: 0000000081df2000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 Call Trace: <TASK> br_mdb_flush_pgs net/bridge/br_mdb.c:1525 [inline] br_mdb_flush net/bridge/br_mdb.c:1544 [inline] br_mdb_del_bulk+0x5e2/0xb20 net/bridge/br_mdb.c:1561 rtnl_mdb_del+0x48a/0x640 net/core/rtnetlink.c:-1 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x77e/0xbe0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6967 netlink_rcv_skb+0x232/0x4b0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x80f/0x9b0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344 netlink_sendmsg+0x813/0xb40 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:727 [inline] __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:742 [inline] ____sys_sendmsg+0xa68/0xad0 net/socket.c:2592 ___sys_sendmsg+0x2a5/0x360 net/socke ---truncated---

At a glance

Exploitability

Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of service disruption.

Exploit odds

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).

Fix

A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.

Timeline

1. 2026-05-27 14:17 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2. 2026-11-06 16:18 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

• Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
• Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
• Severity: 5.5 MEDIUM (CVSS).
• Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.

Details

Published

2026-05-27 14:17 UTC

Last modified

2026-11-06 16:18 UTC

Exploit probability

0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days

Record status

Undergoing Analysis

Affected

• Linux Kernel < 6.6.128
• Linux Kernel < 6.12.75
• Linux Kernel < 6.18.14
• Linux Kernel < 6.19.4

Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.5

Attack vector

Local

Complexity

Low

Privileges needed

Low

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

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