[PATCH net] net: bridge: mcast: fix use-after-free of a master VLAN's multicast context

From: Norbert Szetei

Date: Sun Aug 23 2026 - 07:58:27 EST


br_multicast_toggle_one_vlan() clears BR_VLFLAG_MCAST_ENABLED under
br->multicast_lock before stopping a VLAN's multicast context. That is
the teardown handshake: lockless readers gate on the flag through
br_multicast_ctx_should_use() -> br_multicast_ctx_vlan_disabled(), so
once it is cleared under the lock no reader can arm the context again.

For a master VLAN the handshake never runs. __vlan_del() clears
BRIDGE_VLAN_INFO_BRENTRY before calling br_vlan_put_master(), so
br_multicast_toggle_one_vlan(masterv, false) returns early on
!br_vlan_is_brentry(vlan): the flag stays set and br->multicast_lock is
never taken. br_vlan_put_master() then drains the context in
br_multicast_ctx_deinit() and frees the VLAN through call_rcu(), while a
reader still inside rcu_read_lock() sees the context as enabled and
re-arms it. The port and port-VLAN branch of the function has no
br_vlan_is_brentry() test and flips the flag under br->multicast_lock,
so it is not affected.

The reader is the bridge transmit path. For a master VLAN
br_multicast_rcv() selects brmctx = &vlan->br_mcast_ctx with
pmctx = NULL, so IGMP sent to the bridge device re-arms the context's
timers after br_multicast_ctx_deinit() has already stopped them.

Any user able to create a bridge can trigger this, which includes an
unprivileged user in a user namespace, by deleting and re-adding the
master VLAN while sending IGMP to the bridge device:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in detach_if_pending+0x412/0x4a0
Write of size 8 at addr ffff88810ac39918 by task brmc/601
__mod_timer+0x51a/0xc50
br_multicast_host_join+0x25b/0x390
__br_multicast_add_group+0x468/0x530
br_ip4_multicast_add_group+0x1a0/0x260
br_multicast_rcv+0x2cda/0x61e0
br_dev_xmit+0x6c4/0x1540
Allocated by task 610:
br_vlan_add+0x111/0xb40
br_vlan_info+0x370/0x3e0
Freed by task 0:
kfree+0x1a7/0x4f0
rcu_core+0x7dc/0x10a0

Only test br_vlan_is_brentry() when enabling, like the
br_multicast_ctx_vlan_global_disabled() test next to it. Disabling then
always clears BR_VLFLAG_MCAST_ENABLED under br->multicast_lock before
br_multicast_ctx_deinit() drains the context.

Fixes: 7b54aaaf53cb ("net: bridge: multicast: add vlan state initialization and control")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5
Signed-off-by: Norbert Szetei <norbert@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/bridge/br_multicast.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
index 75e1e2a8fc83..3ef5d8bbf552 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
@@ -4377,8 +4377,8 @@ void br_multicast_toggle_one_vlan(struct net_bridge_vlan *vlan, bool on)
if (br_vlan_is_master(vlan)) {
br = vlan->br;

- if (!br_vlan_is_brentry(vlan) ||
- (on &&
+ if (on &&
+ (!br_vlan_is_brentry(vlan) ||
br_multicast_ctx_vlan_global_disabled(&vlan->br_mcast_ctx)))
return;

--
2.55.0