CVE-2026-64150 (GCVE-0-2026-64150)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-19 15:40 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:39
VLAI
Title
netfilter: nft_inner: release local_lock before re-enabling softirqs
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_inner: release local_lock before re-enabling softirqs Quoting sashiko: In the error path, local_bh_enable() is called before local_unlock_nested_bh().
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: ba36fada9ab487634f61f92769c95bc148aa8f49 , < df19b6af171695a1352314597c9a4311d48d5171 (git)
Affected: ba36fada9ab487634f61f92769c95bc148aa8f49 , < 6fecd39c6401134b58505bc4eb1adc8a0e2fe992 (git)
Affected: ba36fada9ab487634f61f92769c95bc148aa8f49 , < a6cb3ff979855f7f0ee9450a947fe8f96c2ba37a (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.16
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.16 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.34 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.11 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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