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CVE-2026-53269

netfilter: synproxy: add mutex to guard hook reference counting

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: synproxy: add mutex to guard hook reference counting As the synproxy infrastructure register netfilter hooks on-demand when a user adds the first iptables target or nftables expression, if done concurrently they can race each other. Introduce a mutex to serialize the refcount control blocks access from both frontends. While a per namespace mutex might be more efficient, it is not needed for target/expression like SYNPROXY.

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

  • ad49d86e07a497e834cb06f2b151dccd75f8e148 to < 0ec9ddc1bda261a2c57636c74c8b4e53000102c9affected
  • ad49d86e07a497e834cb06f2b151dccd75f8e148 to < 56ffbe3a08c01dcdb0d6adee9ce1e535bfb3b389affected
  • ad49d86e07a497e834cb06f2b151dccd75f8e148 to < debc57b83d5b323df74bf010c8d50fe26ad2ed6baffected
  • ad49d86e07a497e834cb06f2b151dccd75f8e148 to < 0f8ba5e4c53d2e4a536aa68140beda9fe59b2f88affected
  • ad49d86e07a497e834cb06f2b151dccd75f8e148 to < 640441348258220e78daed40528b85b8afcedab6affected
  • ad49d86e07a497e834cb06f2b151dccd75f8e148 to < aaf80701dc2f7a48fe543961e21f8ca3924d587caffected
  • ad49d86e07a497e834cb06f2b151dccd75f8e148 to < fbf0591275f50eae5733c3d7a8cd6c1e79933ffaaffected
  • ad49d86e07a497e834cb06f2b151dccd75f8e148 to < 2fcba19caaeb2a33017459d3430f057967bb91b6affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 5.3affected
  • 0 to < 5.3unaffected
  • 5.10.259 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.210 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.176 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.143 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.94 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.36 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.0.13 to ≤ 7.0.*unaffected
  • 7.1 to ≤ *unaffected

References