CVE-2026-63989 bridge: Fix sleep in atomic context in netlink path

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bridge: Fix sleep in atomic context in netlink path Since the introduction of the netlink configuration path for bridge ports in commit 25c71c75ac87 "bridge: bridge port parameters over netlink", brsetport was always called with...

CVE-2026-63988

CVE-2026-63988 concerns a Linux kernel fix for sleeping in atomic context during sysfs path handling in bridge brport_store(). The root cause: brport_store() previously held the bridge lock for many attributes; now most attributes don’t require the lock. As a result, calling dev_set_promiscuity()...

CVE-2026-63988 bridge: Fix sleep in atomic context in sysfs path

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bridge: Fix sleep in atomic context in sysfs path Since the start of the git history, brportstore always acquired the bridge lock. Back then this decision made sense: The bridge lock protects the STP state of the bridge and its...