CVE-2026-31418
MEDIUMnetfilter: ipset: drop logically empty buckets in mtype_del
Title source: cnaDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ipset: drop logically empty buckets in mtype_del mtype_del() counts empty slots below n->pos in k, but it only drops the bucket when both n->pos and k are zero. This misses buckets whose live entries have all been removed while n->pos still points past deleted slots. Treat a bucket as empty when all positions below n->pos are unused and release it directly instead of shrinking it further.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
3.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (25)
Linux/Linux
< 5.6
Linux/Linux
5.10.253 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux
5.15.203 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux
5.4.24 - 5.5
Linux/Linux
5.5.8 - 5.6
Linux/Linux
5.6
Linux/Linux
6.1.168 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux
6.12.81 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux
6.18.22 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux
6.19.12 - 6.19.*
... and 15 more
Published
Apr 13, 2026
Tracked Since
Apr 13, 2026