Vulnerability · Published Aug 15, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-74480net: bridge: stop fast-leave after deleting a port group

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 52.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bridge: stop fast-leave after deleting a port group br_multicast_leave_group() iterates mp->ports with pp = &p->next in its fast-leave path. After br_multicast_del_pg() removes p, continuing the loop advances pp through the deleted entry. If multicast-to-unicast was enabled, the bridge can hold multiple port groups for the same port and group with different source MAC addresses. Once multicast-to-unicast is disabled, br_port_group_equal() matches those entries by port only. A fast leave can then delete one entry and continue from its stale next pointer, leaving mp->ports pointing at a deleted port group. Fast leave only needs to remove one matching port group. Break after br_multicast_del_pg() so the loop stops before dereferencing the removed entry.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8bpftool4.18.0-553.160.1.el8_10ALSA-2026:66000
AlmaLinux:10kernel6.12.0-211.54.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:66355
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Debian:12linux6.1.187-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74480
Debian:13linux6.12.105-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74480
Debian:14linux7.1.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74480
Debian:12linux-6.126.12.107-1~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74480
Rocky Linux:10kernel0:6.12.0-211.54.1.el10_2RLSA-2026:66355
Rocky Linux:9kernel0:5.14.0-687.46.1.el9_8RLSA-2026:66180
Rocky Linux:8kernel-rt0:4.18.0-553.160.1.rt7.501.el8_10RLSA-2026:64770
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-198.208UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74480
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74480
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux7.0.0-42.42UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74480
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74480
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1117.124UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74480
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74480
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-aws7.0.0-1016.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74480
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74480
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74480

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 6db6f0eae6052b70885562e1733896647ec1d807 – before d6c32e2e25a9a06ba021030e26b6d602a277eb726db6f0eae6052b70885562e1733896647ec1d807 – before 482bcb85139addb4e8ac8ed10baeda3e0aad40316db6f0eae6052b70885562e1733896647ec1d807 – before 1a109cc9890d017c41d77e6c82da739579c49f0b6db6f0eae6052b70885562e1733896647ec1d807 – before 159ad90cb929c033308bb39a2c5f8fbf393b77aa6db6f0eae6052b70885562e1733896647ec1d807 – before 4695430e8132420bf8de94da3eb36a6cf35fde6b6db6f0eae6052b70885562e1733896647ec1d807 – before 0309ebbc570000ea0df11c06b69798e5860c5f6f6db6f0eae6052b70885562e1733896647ec1d807 – before 4c57056ca6aace2e9f94ae9298bf49ef6b0c95e46db6f0eae6052b70885562e1733896647ec1d807 – before a39789f211b8a4125f0c70e05b30cf715f4f187d
Linux Linux 4.11

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