CVE-2026-23392

HIGH

netfilter: nf_tables: release flowtable after rcu grace period on error

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (23)
linux/Kernel 4.16.0 - 6.1.167linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.20linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 6.19.10linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.130linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.78linux
Linux/Linux < 4.16
Linux/Linux 3b49e2e94e6ebb8b23d0955d9e898254455734f8 - 7e3955b282eae20d61c75e499c75eade51c20060
Linux/Linux 3b49e2e94e6ebb8b23d0955d9e898254455734f8 - adee3436ccd29f1e514c028899e400cbc6d84065
Linux/Linux 3b49e2e94e6ebb8b23d0955d9e898254455734f8 - c8092edb9a11f20f95ccceeb9422b7dd0df337bd
Linux/Linux 3b49e2e94e6ebb8b23d0955d9e898254455734f8 - d2632de96ccb066e0131ad1494241b9c281c60b8
... and 13 more
Published Mar 25, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 25, 2026