CVE-2026-23231 (GCVE-0-2026-23231)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-04 12:58 – Updated: 2026-06-02 13:01
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Title
netfilter: nf_tables: fix use-after-free in nf_tables_addchain()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: fix use-after-free in nf_tables_addchain() nf_tables_addchain() publishes the chain to table->chains via list_add_tail_rcu() (in nft_chain_add()) before registering hooks. If nf_tables_register_hook() then fails, the error path calls nft_chain_del() (list_del_rcu()) followed by nf_tables_chain_destroy() with no RCU grace period in between. This creates two use-after-free conditions: 1) Control-plane: nf_tables_dump_chains() traverses table->chains under rcu_read_lock(). A concurrent dump can still be walking the chain when the error path frees it. 2) Packet path: for NFPROTO_INET, nf_register_net_hook() briefly installs the IPv4 hook before IPv6 registration fails. Packets entering nft_do_chain() via the transient IPv4 hook can still be dereferencing chain->blob_gen_X when the error path frees the chain. Add synchronize_rcu() between nft_chain_del() and the chain destroy so that all RCU readers -- both dump threads and in-flight packet evaluation -- have finished before the chain is freed.
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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Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Affected: 91c7b38dc9f0de4f7f444b796d14476bc12df7bc , < 2a6586ecfa4ce1413daaafee250d2590e05f1a33 (git)
Affected: 91c7b38dc9f0de4f7f444b796d14476bc12df7bc , < 7017745068a9068904e1e7a1b170a5785647cc81 (git)
Affected: 91c7b38dc9f0de4f7f444b796d14476bc12df7bc , < f3fe58ce37926a10115ede527d59b91bcc05400a (git)
Affected: 91c7b38dc9f0de4f7f444b796d14476bc12df7bc , < dbd0af8083dd201f07c49110b2ee93710abdff28 (git)
Affected: 91c7b38dc9f0de4f7f444b796d14476bc12df7bc , < 2f9a4ffeb763aec822f8ff3d1e82202d27d46d4b (git)
Affected: 91c7b38dc9f0de4f7f444b796d14476bc12df7bc , < 71e99ee20fc3f662555118cf1159443250647533 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 3.16
Unaffected: 0 , < 3.16 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.165 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.128 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.75 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.14 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.4 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P Affected: 0 , < V4.0 (custom)
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