# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-68116"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-08-10T11:58:34.612Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-19T20:58:51.286Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-68116"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-68116.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68116"
title: "vxlan: mdb: Fix source list corruption on a failed replace"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvxlan: mdb: Fix source list corruption on a failed replace\n\nWhen replacing the source list of an MDB remote entry, all existing\nsources are first marked for deletion and vxlan_mdb_remote_srcs_add()\nis then called to add the new source list. Sources present in the new\nlist have their deletion mark cleared, and any sources left marked\nafterwards are removed.\n\nIf vxlan_mdb_remote_srcs_add() fails partway through, its error path\ndeletes all entries on the remote's source list. That rollback is only\ncorrect for its other caller, vxlan_mdb_remote_add(), where the remote\nwas just allocated and the list contains solely entries added during\nthe call. On the replace path the list also holds pre-existing sources,\nso a failed replace tears them down together with their (S, G)\nforwarding entries instead of leaving the entry unchanged.\n\nThis is reachable from an existing (*, G) remote. An EXCLUDE filter\nthat loses sources starts forwarding traffic that should be blocked,\nwhile an INCLUDE filter that loses sources drops traffic that should be\nforwarded.\n\nMark entries created during the current pass with a new\nVXLAN_SGRP_F_NEW flag. On failure, delete only those entries and clear\nthe deletion mark on the pre-existing ones, so a failed replace leaves\nthe source list untouched. Retain the flag until the whole operation\nsucceeds and then clear it. Also stop vxlan_mdb_remote_src_add() from\ndeleting a pre-existing entry it only looked up when adding that\nentry's forwarding entry fails."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"a3a48de5eade770e911d35291217bdd69ce04ef1","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"5bc8fc1d2ff802eec839e03adef5df597421898d"},{"version":"a3a48de5eade770e911d35291217bdd69ce04ef1","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2c54dff57606590fa4abec46bab6bea3133f1539"},{"version":"a3a48de5eade770e911d35291217bdd69ce04ef1","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"79370b573e92e8f190eb5f9a511fa5398340d8b2"},{"version":"a3a48de5eade770e911d35291217bdd69ce04ef1","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"54a3c27b357dfb34f327f89bfadeb998bef8051e"},{"version":"a3a48de5eade770e911d35291217bdd69ce04ef1","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"dcd9b465965422b9654f6026e8a2fa8984f74c3c"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.4","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.4"},{"version":"6.6.148","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.101","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.42","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.6","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}]

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