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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-98487"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-10-18T15:16:04.746Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-19T09:20:24.542Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z"
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-2026-98487"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98487.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98487"
title: "net: bridge: mdb: restart port group walk after deletion"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: bridge: mdb: restart port group walk after deletion\n\nbr_mdb_flush_pgs() keeps a pointer-to-pointer cursor while walking\nmp-\u003eports. br_multicast_del_pg() can re-enter the same MDB entry through\nbr_multicast_sg_del_exclude_ports() and unlink other port groups. If the\ncursor points into one of those groups, the next iteration dereferences a\nstale cursor and can leave mp-\u003eports pointing at freed memory.\n\nA following RTM_GETMDB exposes the dangling pointer:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in br_mdb_dump\n  Read of size 8\n    br_mdb_dump\n    rtnl_mdb_dump\n    rtnl_dumpit\n    netlink_dump\n\nReset the cursor to mp-\u003eports after every deletion. The deletion removes at\nleast the selected group, so the restarted walk always makes progress."
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