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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2026-98320

netfilter: flowtable: hold reference on ct until flow is released

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: flowtable: hold reference on ct until flow is released nf_ct_put() releases the ct->ext area inmediately, the rcu typesafe semantics also allow to refer to the wrong conntrack from the flowtable datapath. Hold reference on ct until flow is released after rcu grace period. Add rcu_barrier() on module exit path, to ensure pending flow entries are release before module goes away.

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

  • 0ff90b6c20340e57616a51ae1a1bf18156d6638a to < 93ff1594be1aad4da364462dd8db050ebcfda2deaffected
  • 0ff90b6c20340e57616a51ae1a1bf18156d6638a to < eed6997e8dc40593a539fcc722e7ed51b18db86caffected
  • 0ff90b6c20340e57616a51ae1a1bf18156d6638a to < 61c6688be282277c6e91ab286a7acd0ae8681ac6affected
  • 0ff90b6c20340e57616a51ae1a1bf18156d6638a to < a43cd2b67b91e943273c913237a7a88c50cdcfbcaffected
  • 0ff90b6c20340e57616a51ae1a1bf18156d6638a to < 8274cdc5f9c57e17ed77fc4ba76212536c840f25affected
  • 0ff90b6c20340e57616a51ae1a1bf18156d6638a to < 12c1ac230f4ca16e0017b62a963ab75e0b48074faffected
  • 0ff90b6c20340e57616a51ae1a1bf18156d6638a to < d9e6175a3ee48209ee65f294fc567b4e16b29b74affected
  • 0ff90b6c20340e57616a51ae1a1bf18156d6638a to < e75a9fa1d44bcbd66ea02e8781bcca6ea4076e0daffected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 4.16affected
  • 0 to < 4.16unaffected
  • 5.10.271 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.222 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.189 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.158 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.112 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.54 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.2.8 to ≤ 7.2.*unaffected
  • 7.3 to ≤ *unaffected

References