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CVE-2026-98624

netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: hold nfnl mutex in event notifier

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: hold nfnl mutex in event notifier We must serialize the release notifier and the config netlink function. A concurrent thread can issue close() which can call the release function while unrelated socket processes UNBIND request for same portid: Oops: general protection fault, [..] RIP: 0010:__instance_destroy+0x60/0x210 [nfnetlink_queue] Call Trace: nfqnl_recv_config+0x9b0/0xdc0 [nfnetlink_queue] nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7c2/0xeb0 ? __pfx_nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10 After this, parallel UNBIND and URELEASE events are impossible. This change isn't nice, but its the shortest fix given instances are not refcounted and the nfnetlink config callback drops the rcu read lock early due to need for sleeping allocations.

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

  • 7af4cc3fa158ff1dda6e7451c7e6afa6b0bb85cb to < 46432f2e76f7c385d82506304a2928e7d293289faffected
  • 7af4cc3fa158ff1dda6e7451c7e6afa6b0bb85cb to < 597320337c3da06c92a9e95cfc755da66fedc476affected
  • 7af4cc3fa158ff1dda6e7451c7e6afa6b0bb85cb to < 2e9be1302f25c9be51c2fb8c907bc6d8a1050e33affected
  • 7af4cc3fa158ff1dda6e7451c7e6afa6b0bb85cb to < d559e06a5ab7c064100aafd5c826eadd0f1c6216affected
  • 7af4cc3fa158ff1dda6e7451c7e6afa6b0bb85cb to < 1d1184411599a7c2217560bab3bbe641c6d03b95affected
  • 7af4cc3fa158ff1dda6e7451c7e6afa6b0bb85cb to < 07a3ec8fdc5a1267c00cd6fd1cf8bbb5cda913c1affected
  • 7af4cc3fa158ff1dda6e7451c7e6afa6b0bb85cb to < 8137a39e08e838ced234044384740ceeb99ed388affected
  • 7af4cc3fa158ff1dda6e7451c7e6afa6b0bb85cb to < 9461613afc59acef44a0071b0dd5075f6e993ffeaffected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 2.6.14affected
  • 0 to < 2.6.14unaffected
  • 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
  • 6.18.55 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.2.9 to ≤ 7.2.*unaffected
  • 7.3 to ≤ *unaffected

References