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GHSA-X5CJ-F9C8-R2X6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 15:30 – Updated: 2026-08-17 06:33

Details

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

netfilter: nf_tables: make nft_object rhltable per table

The nft_object rhltable is global, this allows for accessing objects that are being dismangled from lookup path by other existing netns. Given the nft_obj_destroy() releases the object inmediately, this might lead to use-after-free of these objects that are being released. Make the existing rhltable per table to address this issue to deal with with the nft_rcv_nl_event() path too.

Update nft_obj_lookup() to take the table as non-const, otherwise, compiler complains when passing the objname_ht to rhltable_lookup().

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "modified": "2026-08-17T06:33:54Z",
  "published": "2026-08-15T15:30:36Z",
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CVE-2026-74565 (GCVE-0-2026-74565)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 12:28 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:48

Title

netfilter: nf_tables: make nft_object rhltable per table

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: make nft_object rhltable per table The nft_object rhltable is global, this allows for accessing objects that are being dismangled from lookup path by other existing netns. Given the nft_obj_destroy() releases the object inmediately, this might lead to use-after-free of these objects that are being released. Make the existing rhltable per table to address this issue to deal with with the nft_rcv_nl_event() path too. Update nft_obj_lookup() to take the table as non-const, otherwise, compiler complains when passing the objname_ht to rhltable_lookup().

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1948e4f85b855618b…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63ba12b664a2cd322…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d4789b58761d9d48…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4f699790590bd089…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 4d44175aa5bb5f68772b1eb0306554812294ca52 , < 1948e4f85b855618b5b9a27265f98d816f4cb7cb (git) Affected: 4d44175aa5bb5f68772b1eb0306554812294ca52 , < 63ba12b664a2cd3220ed43e22c717715f4cc2ae8 (git) Affected: 4d44175aa5bb5f68772b1eb0306554812294ca52 , < 7d4789b58761d9d48d9b5f5e7e0a510c3bbfb3af (git) Affected: 4d44175aa5bb5f68772b1eb0306554812294ca52 , < f4f699790590bd0896c48a71e9232a65198f92f0 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.1 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.1 (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.103 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.44 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.8 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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CVE-2026-74565 (GCVE-0-2026-74565)

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