bridge: mrp: reject zero test interval to avoid OOM panic
CVE-2026-31420 is fixed in 11 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31420, released April 13, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bridge: mrp: reject zero test interval to avoid OOM panic br_mrp_start_test() and br_mrp_start_in_test() accept the user-supplied interval value from netlink without validation. When interval is 0, usecs_to_jiffies(0) yields 0, causing the delayed work (br_mrp_test_work_expired / br_mrp_in_test_work_expired) to reschedule itself with zero delay. This creates a tight loop on system_percpu_wq that allocates and transmits MRP test frames at maximum rate, exhausting all system memory and causing a kernel panic via OOM deadlock. The same zero-interval issue applies to br_mrp_start_in_test_parse() for interconnect test frames. Use NLA_POLICY_MIN(NLA_U32, 1) in the nla_policy tables for both IFLA_BRIDGE_MRP_START_TEST_INTERVAL and IFLA_BRIDGE_MRP_START_IN_TEST_INTERVAL, so zero is rejected at the netlink attribute parsing layer before the value ever reaches the workqueue scheduling code. This is consistent with how other bridge subsystems (br_fdb, br_mst) enforce range constraints on netlink attributes.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| kernel-64kb · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| kernel-azure · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| kernel-default · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| kernel-default-base · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1.150700.17.33.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| kernel-docs · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_15 · sles 15.7 | 1-150700.15.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| kernel-obs-build · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| kernel-source · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| kernel-syms · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 6.1.190-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31420 | Apr 13, 2026 |
| linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 6.12.94-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31420 | Apr 13, 2026 |
| linux · Debian 14 | 6.19.12-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31420 | Apr 13, 2026 |
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