CVE-2026-98285

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bridge: vlan: fix bugs caused by switchdev deletion errors Allowing switchdev to prevent vlan deletion and error out in __vlan_del could cause multiple different issues - inconsistent state, memory leaks when flushing, NULL pointer dereference on bridge error when flushing. It doesn't make sense to allow it to stop __vlan_del, so log the error and continue with software vlan deletion. This is also consistent with 8021q behaviour.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-10-06 09:18:18.610000

Last modified

2026-10-19 10:18:30.067000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-98285",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-10-06T09:18:18.610",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:18:30.067",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: bridge: vlan: fix bugs caused by switchdev deletion errors\n\nAllowing switchdev to prevent vlan deletion and error out in __vlan_del\ncould cause multiple different issues - inconsistent state, memory leaks\nwhen flushing, NULL pointer dereference on bridge error when flushing.\nIt doesn't make sense to allow it to stop __vlan_del, so log the error\nand continue with software vlan deletion. This is also consistent with\n8021q behaviour."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "affectedData": [
        {
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          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "programFiles": [
            "net/bridge/br_vlan.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "bf361ad38165939049a2649b1a0078f3268d4bd1",
              "lessThan": "ed3ea86db736a30bebf49b947c42730e8451bcd2",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            },
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          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "4.3",
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            },
            {
              "version": "0",
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  "metrics": {},
  "references": [
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}