CVE-2026-97998 PUBLISHED

netfilter: nfnetlink_log: cope with concurrent instance destruction

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 25.09.2026 Updated: 25.09.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nfnetlink_log: cope with concurrent instance destruction

Instances are refcounted. However, only memory release happens on the 1 -> 0 transition; the unlink from hashes can occur with any refcount.

Uncooperative userspace can force a situation where a queue is pending for destruction from netlink event while a different socket with same portid processes an UNBIND request.

With right timing, this will unhash the instance again:

Oops: general protection fault, [..] Call Trace: <TASK> nfulnl_recv_config+0x31a/0xd50 nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7c2/0xeb0

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0597f2680d666a3bcf101ac0c771ba7e50016bbd to 0234d7ca0317be0a623300e1693cd794bbfdf8af (excl.)
  • affected from 0597f2680d666a3bcf101ac0c771ba7e50016bbd to 1a7a8ac9a9f0ad0d410c901cb6f233833518844c (excl.)
  • affected from 0597f2680d666a3bcf101ac0c771ba7e50016bbd to e2dd0f1f8c4e6334699ea6382e52f6da0c7e45eb (excl.)
  • affected from 0597f2680d666a3bcf101ac0c771ba7e50016bbd to 387d744fa7e499d2c3748a4e60e02ebb24e7fb16 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 2.6.14 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 2.6.14 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.111 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.53 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.7 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc3 to * (incl.)

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