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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2026-23272

netfilter: nf_tables: unconditionally bump set->nelems before insertion

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: unconditionally bump set->nelems before insertion In case that the set is full, a new element gets published then removed without waiting for the RCU grace period, while RCU reader can be walking over it already. To address this issue, add the element transaction even if set is full, but toggle the set_full flag to report -ENFILE so the abort path safely unwinds the set to its previous state. As for element updates, decrement set->nelems to restore it. A simpler fix is to call synchronize_rcu() in the error path. However, with a large batch adding elements to already maxed-out set, this could cause noticeable slowdown of such batches.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 35d0ac9070ef619e3bf44324375878a1c540387b to < 25841e8d4241c6c3763e70ae95050f8108707b46affected
  • 35d0ac9070ef619e3bf44324375878a1c540387b to < 022effa9c54903858e443b1225370e6c758d03f6affected
  • 35d0ac9070ef619e3bf44324375878a1c540387b to < 25fcaef7948912652905e96922f36583a84fffedaffected
  • 35d0ac9070ef619e3bf44324375878a1c540387b to < e3ccb11fc8249759d23326038c8db987ddaabc77affected
  • 35d0ac9070ef619e3bf44324375878a1c540387b to < 86bc4b1a0f672d47ac19f9022432cb6a2e01cb33affected
  • 35d0ac9070ef619e3bf44324375878a1c540387b to < 6826131c7674329335ca25df2550163eb8a1fd0caffected
  • 35d0ac9070ef619e3bf44324375878a1c540387b to < ccb8c8f3c1127cf34d18c737309897c68046bf21affected
  • 35d0ac9070ef619e3bf44324375878a1c540387b to < def602e498a4f951da95c95b1b8ce8ae68aa733aaffected
  • fefdd79403e89b0c673965343b92e2e01e2713a8affected
  • 4.9.33 to < 4.10affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 4.10affected
  • 0 to < 4.10unaffected
  • 5.10.273 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.224 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.177 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.141 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.91 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.17 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 6.19.7 to ≤ 6.19.*unaffected
  • 7.0 to ≤ *unaffected

References