CVE-2026-45897

MEDIUM

netfilter: nft_counter: serialize reset with spinlock

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_counter: serialize reset with spinlock Add a global static spinlock to serialize counter fetch+reset operations, preventing concurrent dump-and-reset from underrunning values. The lock is taken before fetching the total so that two parallel resets cannot both read the same counter values and then both subtract them. A global lock is used for simplicity since resets are infrequent. If this becomes a bottleneck, it can be replaced with a per-net lock later.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0014
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 (12)
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.19.4linux
Linux/Linux < 6.7
Linux/Linux 3cb03edb4de33fd04c4ea55f47397b96a8657c53 - 0cdc6d5a26f2d1f7f15a43526841b679445c32e2
Linux/Linux 3cb03edb4de33fd04c4ea55f47397b96a8657c53 - 779c60a5190c42689534172f4b49e927c9959e4e
Linux/Linux 6.1.107 - 6.2
Linux/Linux 6.19.4 - 6.19.*
Linux/Linux 6.6.48 - 6.7
Linux/Linux 6.7
Linux/Linux 7.0
Linux/Linux f123293db16dcd0cd81b246ae60e6362f0025d0a
... and 2 more
Published May 27, 2026
Tracked Since May 27, 2026