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CVE-2026-23103
Linux Linux — ipvlan: Make the addrs_lock be per port
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0013 2.0 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 8230819494b3bf284ca7262ac5f877333147b937 – —
Linux 4.17 – 5.10.249
TIMELINE
Jan 13 Reserved by Linux
Feb 4 Published (CNA: Linux)
Oct 15 RESCORED — CVE-2026-23103 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipvlan: Make the addrs_lock be per port
Make the addrs_lock be per port, not per ipvlan dev.
Initial code seems to be written in the assumption,
that any address change must occur under RTNL.
But it is not so for the case of IPv6. So
1) Introduce per-port addrs_lock.
2) It was needed to fix places where it was forgotten
to take lock (ipvlan_open/ipvlan_close)
This appears to be a very minor problem though.
Since it's highly unlikely that ipvlan_add_addr() will
be called on 2 CPU simultaneously. But nevertheless,
this could cause:
1) False-negative of ipvlan_addr_busy(): one interface
iterated through all port->ipvlans + ipvlan->addrs
under some ipvlan spinlock, and another added IP
under its own lock. Though this is only possible
for IPv6, since looks like only ipvlan_addr6_event() can be
called without rtnl_lock.
2) Race since ipvlan_ht_addr_add(port) is called under
different ipvlan->addrs_lock locks
This should not affect performance, since add/remove IP
is a rare situation and spinlock is not taken on fast
paths.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| January 13, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| February 4, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| October 15, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2026-23103 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 8230819494b3bf284ca7262ac5f877333147b937 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 4.17 | 5.10.249 |
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