CVE-2026-23209

Ecosystem	Package	Version

Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-23209

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: macvlan: fix error recovery in macvlan_common_newlink() valis provided a nice repro to crash the kernel: 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 ping -c1 -I p1 1.2.3.4 He also gave a very detailed analysis: <quote valis> The issue is triggered when a new macvlan link is created with MACVLAN_MODE_SOURCE mode and MACVLAN_MACADDR_ADD (or MACVLAN_MACADDR_SET) parameter, lower device already has a macvlan port and register_netdevice() called from macvlan_common_newlink() fails (e.g. because of the invalid link name). In this case macvlan_hash_add_source is called from macvlan_change_sources() / macvlan_common_newlink(): This adds a reference to vlan to the port's vlan_source_hash using macvlan_source_entry. vlan is a pointer to the priv data of the link that is being created. When register_netdevice() fails, the error is returned from macvlan_newlink() to rtnl_newlink_create(): if (ops->newlink) err = ops->newlink(dev, &params, extack); else err = register_netdevice(dev); if (err < 0) { free_netdev(dev); goto out; } and free_netdev() is called, causing a kvfree() on the struct net_device that is still referenced in the source entry attached to the lower device's macvlan port. Now all packets sent on the macvlan port with a matching source mac address will trigger a use-after-free in macvlan_forward_source(). </quote valis> With all that, my fix is to make sure we call macvlan_flush_sources() regardless of @create value whenever "goto destroy_macvlan_port;" path is taken. Many thanks to valis for following up on this issue.

Published Feb 16, 2026

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026021439-CVE-2026-23209-9ad6@gregkh/


rpm	kernel	4.18.0-147.0.2.el8_1
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-147.0.3.el8_1
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-147.8.1.el8_1
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-147.el8
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-193.1.2.el8_2
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-193.13.2.el8_2
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-193.14.3.el8_2
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-193.19.1.el8_2
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-193.28.1.el8_2
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-193.6.3.el8_2
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-193.el8
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-240.10.1.el8_3
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-240.15.1.el8_3
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-240.8.1.el8_3
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-240.el8
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-293.el8
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-305.10.2.el8_4
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-305.7.1.el8_4
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-305.el8
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-348.12.2.el8_5
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-348.2.1.el8_5
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-348.23.1.el8_5
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-348.el8
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-372.13.1.0.1.el8_6
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-372.13.1.0.2.el8_6
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-372.16.1.0.1.el8_6
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-372.16.1.0.2.el8_6
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-372.19.1.0.1.el8_6
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-372.19.1.0.2.el8_6
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-372.26.1.0.1.el8_6
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-372.26.1.0.2.el8_6
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-372.32.1.0.1.el8_6
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-372.32.1.0.2.el8_6
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-372.9.1.0.2.el8
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-425.10.1.0.1.el8_7
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-425.10.1.el8_7
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-425.13.1.0.1.el8_7
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-425.13.1.el8_7

Ecosystem	Package	Version

Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-23209

Published Feb 16, 2026

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026021439-CVE-2026-23209-9ad6@gregkh/


rpm	kernel	4.18.0-147.0.2.el8_1
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-147.0.3.el8_1
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-147.8.1.el8_1
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-147.el8
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-193.1.2.el8_2
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-193.13.2.el8_2
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-193.14.3.el8_2
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-193.19.1.el8_2
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-193.28.1.el8_2
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-193.6.3.el8_2
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-193.el8
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-240.10.1.el8_3
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-240.15.1.el8_3
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-240.8.1.el8_3
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-240.el8
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-293.el8
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-305.10.2.el8_4
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-305.19.1.el8_4
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-305.25.1.el8_4
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-305.7.1.el8_4
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-305.el8
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-348.12.2.el8_5
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-348.2.1.el8_5
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-348.20.1.el8_5
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-348.23.1.el8_5
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-348.7.1.el8_5
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-348.el8
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-372.13.1.0.1.el8_6
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-372.13.1.0.2.el8_6
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-372.16.1.0.1.el8_6
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-372.16.1.0.2.el8_6
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-372.19.1.0.1.el8_6
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-372.19.1.0.2.el8_6
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-372.26.1.0.1.el8_6
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-372.26.1.0.2.el8_6
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-372.32.1.0.1.el8_6
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-372.32.1.0.2.el8_6
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-372.9.1.0.2.el8
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-372.9.1.el8
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-425.10.1.0.1.el8_7
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-425.10.1.el8_7
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-425.13.1.0.1.el8_7
rpm	kernel	4.18.0-425.13.1.el8_7

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