CVE-2026-98321 PUBLISHED

netfilter: nf_nat: unregister and release hooks on error

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 06.10.2026 Updated: 06.10.2026

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

netfilter: nf_nat: unregister and release hooks on error

If nf_hook_entries_insert_raw() fails, the NAT hooks get never released, resulting in a memleak.

Postpone setting nat_proto_net->nat_hook_ops when the hooks are registered to simplify the error path to decide whether the nat hooks need unwinding.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 1cd472bf036ca038e783ef5f058f54e45b7e8180 to 79084567cd082fb4482e1ea457580e7d6504dd99 (excl.)
  • affected from 1cd472bf036ca038e783ef5f058f54e45b7e8180 to df80342f4bfc023ad7d6703df5e27f583ff0cb8d (excl.)
  • affected from 1cd472bf036ca038e783ef5f058f54e45b7e8180 to cbdd39ce42530a193c56beb206a3356cb6d01016 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 4.18 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 4.18 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.54 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.8 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc4 to * (incl.)

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