CVE-2026-23399

MEDIUM

nf_tables: nft_dynset: fix possible stateful expression memleak in error path

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nf_tables: nft_dynset: fix possible stateful expression memleak in error path If cloning the second stateful expression in the element via GFP_ATOMIC fails, then the first stateful expression remains in place without being released.   unreferenced object (percpu) 0x607b97e9cab8 (size 16):     comm "softirq", pid 0, jiffies 4294931867     hex dump (first 16 bytes on cpu 3):       00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00     backtrace (crc 0):       pcpu_alloc_noprof+0x453/0xd80       nft_counter_clone+0x9c/0x190 [nf_tables]       nft_expr_clone+0x8f/0x1b0 [nf_tables]       nft_dynset_new+0x2cb/0x5f0 [nf_tables]       nft_rhash_update+0x236/0x11c0 [nf_tables]       nft_dynset_eval+0x11f/0x670 [nf_tables]       nft_do_chain+0x253/0x1700 [nf_tables]       nft_do_chain_ipv4+0x18d/0x270 [nf_tables]       nf_hook_slow+0xaa/0x1e0       ip_local_deliver+0x209/0x330

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 2.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (27)
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.209linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 6.12.78linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.175linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.20linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 6.19.10linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.136linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.78linux
Linux/Linux < 5.11
Linux/Linux 5.11
Linux/Linux 5.15.209 - 5.15.*
... and 17 more
Published Mar 28, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 29, 2026