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CVE-2026-23392

high

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: release flowtable after rcu grace period on error Call synchronize_…

Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: release flowtable after rcu grace period on error Call synchronize_rcu() after unregistering the hooks from error path, since a hook that already refers to this flowtable can be already registered, exposing this flowtable to packet path and nfnetlink_hook control plane. This error path is rare, it should only happen by reaching the maximum number hooks or by failing to set up to hardware offload, just call synchronize_rcu(). There is a check for already used device hooks by different flowtable that could result in EEXIST at this late stage. The hook parser can be updated to perform this check earlier to this error path really becomes rarely exercised. Uncovered by KASAN reported as use-after-free from nfnetlink_hook path when dumping hooks.

CVSS
7.8
7.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-03-25 11:16
Modified: 2026-10-30 13:18
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-30 13:38 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

linux / linux_kernel ≥4.16.1 <6.1.167, ≥6.2 <6.6.130, ≥6.7 <6.12.78, ≥6.13 <6.18.20, ≥6.19 <6.19.10, 4.16

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e3955b282eae20d61c75e499c75eade51c20060
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/adee3436ccd29f1e514c028899e400cbc6d84065
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8092edb9a11f20f95ccceeb9422b7dd0df337bd
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2632de96ccb066e0131ad1494241b9c281c60b8
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d73f4b53aaaea4c95f245e491aa5eeb8a21874ce
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e78a2dcc7cfb87b64a631441ca7681492b347ef6

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-30 13:38 UTC · record ↗

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