CVE-2026-23278

HIGH

netfilter: nf_tables: always walk all pending catchall elements

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: always walk all pending catchall elements During transaction processing we might have more than one catchall element: 1 live catchall element and 1 pending element that is coming as part of the new batch. If the map holding the catchall elements is also going away, its required to toggle all catchall elements and not just the first viable candidate. Otherwise, we get: WARNING: ./include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h:1281 at nft_data_release+0xb7/0xe0 [nf_tables], CPU#2: nft/1404 RIP: 0010:nft_data_release+0xb7/0xe0 [nf_tables] [..] __nft_set_elem_destroy+0x106/0x380 [nf_tables] nf_tables_abort_release+0x348/0x8d0 [nf_tables] nf_tables_abort+0xcf2/0x3ac0 [nf_tables] nfnetlink_rcv_batch+0x9c9/0x20e0 [..]

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 3.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (26)
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.19linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 6.19.9linux
linux/Kernel 6.4.0 - 6.12.78linux
Linux/Linux < 6.4
Linux/Linux 25aa2ad37c2162be1c0bc4fe6397f7e4c13f00f8
Linux/Linux 3c7ec098e3b588434a8b07ea9b5b36f04cef1f50
Linux/Linux 4.19.316 - 4.20
Linux/Linux 5.10.188 - 5.11
Linux/Linux 5.15.121 - 5.16
Linux/Linux 5.4.262 - 5.5
... and 16 more
Published Mar 20, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 20, 2026