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HIGHCVE-2026-45859Published Modified CNA Linux

CVE-2026-45859: netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: do shared-unconfirmed check before segmentation

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: do shared-unconfirmed check before segmentation Ulrich reports a regression with nfqueue: If an application did not set the 'F_GSO' capability flag and a gso packet with an unconfirmed nf_conn entry is received all packets are now dropped instead of queued, because the check happens after skb_gso_segment(). In that case, we did have exclusive ownership of the skb and its associated conntrack entry. The elevated use count is due to skb_clone happening via skb_gso_segment(). Move the check so that its peformed vs. the aggregated packet. Then, annotate the individual segments except the first one so we can do a 2nd check at reinject time. For the normal case, where userspace does in-order reinjects, this avoids packet drops: first reinjected segment continues traversal and confirms entry, remaining segments observe the confirmed entry. While at it, simplify nf_ct_drop_unconfirmed(): We only care about unconfirmed entries with a refcnt > 1, there is no need to special-case dying entries. This only happens with UDP. With TCP, the only unconfirmed packet will be the TCP SYN, those aren't aggregated by GRO. Next patch adds a udpgro test case to cover this scenario.

Metrics

CVSS v3.1
7.5
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
0
Affected Products
2

Fix available

0207b3ebacb6113acaaec0d171d5307032c69000423901aa6b8a2f294c4b774436b4691f3ff863a8f5.166.26.76.116.12.756.18.146.19.47.079b713ef4261a8ead96af4703f89d0b5f25532e2b740e7ddd7ca0dbfeafca3f5e52717206cf28524
Affected packages
  • Linux / Linux
    < 79b713ef4261a8ead96af4703f89d0b5f25532e2 (from 7d8dc1c7be8d3509e8f5164dd5df64c8e34d7eeb) · < 23901aa6b8a2f294c4b774436b4691f3ff863a8f (from 7d8dc1c7be8d3509e8f5164dd5df64c8e34d7eeb) · < b740e7ddd7ca0dbfeafca3f5e52717206cf28524 (from 7d8dc1c7be8d3509e8f5164dd5df64c8e34d7eeb) · < 207b3ebacb6113acaaec0d171d5307032c690004 (from 7d8dc1c7be8d3509e8f5164dd5df64c8e34d7eeb) · 6c4a0ba674f410ab99a30a16f32dac0ebfed5cd3 · 6dcc8ba8a6074bb79040f502dc66ad23a58a1c86
  • Linux / Linux
    6.11
    Fixed in 0, 6.12.75, 6.18.14, 6.19.4, 7.0
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H