Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: release flow rule object from commit path No need to postpone this to the commit release path, since no packets are walking over this object, this is accessed from control plane only. This helped uncovered UAF triggered by races with the netlink notifier.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References5
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/26b5934ff4194e13196bedcba373cd4915071d0e Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ab6f96444e936f5e4a936d5c0bc948144bcded3 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6044791b7be707fd0e709f26e961a446424e5051 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/74fd5839467054cd9c4d050614d3ee8788386171 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2d7a92aff0fbd93c29d2aa6451fb99f050e2c4e Patch
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.0
HIGH
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 5 · as of 7 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-362CWE-416
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