---
id: CVE-2024-26631
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  ipv6: mcast: fix data-race in ipv6_mc_down / mld_ifc_work

  idev->mc_ifc_count can be written over without proper locking.

  Originally found by syzbot [1], fix this issu…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  ipv6: mcast: fix data-race in ipv6_mc_down / mld_ifc_work

  idev->mc_ifc_count can be written over without proper locking.

  Originally found by syzbot [1], fix this issu…
severity: medium
cvss: 4.7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-667
vendor: linux
product: linux_kernel
affected:
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.13, < 5.15.148'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.75'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.14'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.7.2'
patched:
  - linux_kernel 6.7.2
published: '2024-03-18'
updated: '2026-07-24'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26631'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e7ef287f07c74985f1bf2858bedc62bd9ebf155'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/380540bb06bb1d1b12bdc947d1b8f56cda6b5663'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bb5849675ae1d592929798a2b37ea450879c855'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cc283fd16fba72e2cefe3a6f48d7a36b0438900'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62b3387beef11738eb6ce667601a28fa089fa02c'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75ddcd741d2a30696f5893bc71a9d28f4ef22311'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e7ef287f07c74985f1bf2858bedc62bd9ebf155'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/380540bb06bb1d1b12bdc947d1b8f56cda6b5663'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bb5849675ae1d592929798a2b37ea450879c855'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cc283fd16fba72e2cefe3a6f48d7a36b0438900'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62b3387beef11738eb6ce667601a28fa089fa02c'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00186
epssPercentile: 0.07316
ingestedAt: '2026-07-24T15:30:57.240Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipv6: mcast: fix data-race in ipv6_mc_down / mld_ifc_work

idev->mc_ifc_count can be written over without proper locking.

Originally found by syzbot [1], fix this issue by encapsulating calls
to mld_ifc_stop_work() (and mld_gq_stop_work() for good measure) with
mutex_lock() and mutex_unlock() accordingly as these functions
should only be called with mc_lock per their declarations.

[1]
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in ipv6_mc_down / mld_ifc_work

write to 0xffff88813a80c832 of 1 bytes by task 3771 on cpu 0:
 mld_ifc_stop_work net/ipv6/mcast.c:1080 [inline]
 ipv6_mc_down+0x10a/0x280 net/ipv6/mcast.c:2725
 addrconf_ifdown+0xe32/0xf10 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:3949
 addrconf_notify+0x310/0x980
 notifier_call_chain kernel/notifier.c:93 [inline]
 raw_notifier_call_chain+0x6b/0x1c0 kernel/notifier.c:461
 __dev_notify_flags+0x205/0x3d0
 dev_change_flags+0xab/0xd0 net/core/dev.c:8685
 do_setlink+0x9f6/0x2430 net/core/rtnetlink.c:2916
 rtnl_group_changelink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3458 [inline]
 __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3717 [inline]
 rtnl_newlink+0xbb3/0x1670 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3754
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x807/0x8c0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6558
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x126/0x220 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2545
 rtnetlink_rcv+0x1c/0x20 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6576
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1342 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x589/0x650 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1368
 netlink_sendmsg+0x66e/0x770 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1910
 ...

write to 0xffff88813a80c832 of 1 bytes by task 22 on cpu 1:
 mld_ifc_work+0x54c/0x7b0 net/ipv6/mcast.c:2653
 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2627 [inline]
 process_scheduled_works+0x5b8/0xa30 kernel/workqueue.c:2700
 worker_thread+0x525/0x730 kernel/workqueue.c:2781
 ...

## Affected

- `linux_kernel >= 5.13, < 5.15.148`
- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.75`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.14`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.7.2`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `linux_kernel 6.7.2`