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HIGHCVE-2026-23351Published Modified CNA Linux

CVE-2026-23351: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: split gc into unlink and reclaim phase

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: split gc into unlink and reclaim phase Yiming Qian reports Use-after-free in the pipapo set type: Under a large number of expired elements, commit-time GC can run for a very long time in a non-preemptible context, triggering soft lockup warnings and RCU stall reports (local denial of service). We must split GC in an unlink and a reclaim phase. We cannot queue elements for freeing until pointers have been swapped. Expired elements are still exposed to both the packet path and userspace dumpers via the live copy of the data structure. call_rcu() does not protect us: dump operations or element lookups starting after call_rcu has fired can still observe the free'd element, unless the commit phase has made enough progress to swap the clone and live pointers before any new reader has picked up the old version. This a similar approach as done recently for the rbtree backend in commit 35f83a75529a ("netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: don't gc elements on insert").

Metrics

CVSS v3.1
7.8
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
0
Affected Products
2

Fix available

016f3595c0441d87dfa005c47d8f95be213afaa9e5.10.2535.15.203500a50a301ce962b019ab95053ac70264fec2c216.1.1676.6.1306.12.776.18.176.19.765ca51b9fb85477ab92a04295aed34b38f7c062e7.07864c667aed01a58b87ca518a631322cd0ac34c09df95785d3d8302f7c066050117b04cd3c2048c2aff13667708dfa0dce136b8efd81baa9fa6ef261c0f1f85097ac2b6e7d750fe4d05807985cd3fd3ac12d570d71920903a1a0468b7d13b085203d0c93
Affected packages
  • Linux / Linux
    < 65ca51b9fb85477ab92a04295aed34b38f7c062e (from 3c4287f62044a90e73a561aa05fc46e62da173da) · < c0f1f85097ac2b6e7d750fe4d05807985cd3fd3a (from 3c4287f62044a90e73a561aa05fc46e62da173da) · < 16f3595c0441d87dfa005c47d8f95be213afaa9e (from 3c4287f62044a90e73a561aa05fc46e62da173da) · < 7864c667aed01a58b87ca518a631322cd0ac34c0 (from 3c4287f62044a90e73a561aa05fc46e62da173da) · < c12d570d71920903a1a0468b7d13b085203d0c93 (from 3c4287f62044a90e73a561aa05fc46e62da173da) · < 500a50a301ce962b019ab95053ac70264fec2c21 (from 3c4287f62044a90e73a561aa05fc46e62da173da)
  • Linux / Linux
    5.6
    Fixed in 0, 5.10.253, 5.15.203, 6.1.167, 6.6.130, 6.12.77, 6.18.17, 6.19.7, 7.0
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H