CVE-2026-53269

MEDIUM

netfilter: synproxy: add mutex to guard hook reference counting

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: synproxy: add mutex to guard hook reference counting As the synproxy infrastructure register netfilter hooks on-demand when a user adds the first iptables target or nftables expression, if done concurrently they can race each other. Introduce a mutex to serialize the refcount control blocks access from both frontends. While a per namespace mutex might be more efficient, it is not needed for target/expression like SYNPROXY.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 2.1%
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 (27)
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.210linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.176linux
linux/Kernel 5.3.0 - 5.10.259linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.36linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 7.0.13linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.143linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.94linux
Linux/Linux < 5.3
Linux/Linux 5.10.259 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.210 - 5.15.*
... and 17 more
Published Jun 25, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 25, 2026