CVE-2026-23278: netfilter: nf_tables: always walk all pending catchall elements
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: always walk all pending catchall elements During transaction processing we might have more than one catchall element: 1 live catchall element and 1 pending element that is coming as part of the new batch. If the map holding the catchall elements is also going away, its required to toggle all catchall elements and not just the first viable candidate. Otherwise, we get: WARNING: ./include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h:1281 at nft_data_release+0xb7/0xe0 [nf_tables], CPU#2: nft/1404 RIP: 0010:nft_data_release+0xb7/0xe0 [nf_tables] [..] __nft_set_elem_destroy+0x106/0x380 [nf_tables] nf_tables_abort_release+0x348/0x8d0 [nf_tables] nf_tables_abort+0xcf2/0x3ac0 [nf_tables] nfnetlink_rcv_batch+0x9c9/0x20e0 [..]
Metrics
- CVSS v3.1
- 7.8
- Severity
- HIGH
- Fixed in
- 0
- Affected Products
- 2
Fix available
- Linux / Linux< eb0948fa13298212c5f8b30ee48efdae4389ab09 (from 628bd3e49cba1c066228e23d71a852c23e26da73) · < de47a88c6b807910f05703fb6605f7efdaa11417 (from 628bd3e49cba1c066228e23d71a852c23e26da73) · < 77c26b5056d693ffe5e9f040e946251cdb55ae55 (from 628bd3e49cba1c066228e23d71a852c23e26da73) · < 7cb9a23d7ae40a702577d3d8bacb7026f04ac2a9 (from 628bd3e49cba1c066228e23d71a852c23e26da73) · bc9f791d2593f17e39f87c6e2b3a36549a3705b1 · 3c7ec098e3b588434a8b07ea9b5b36f04cef1f50
- Linux / Linux6.4Fixed in 0, 6.12.78, 6.18.19, 6.19.9, 7.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H