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CVE-2026-52988 (GCVE-0-2026-52988)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-24 16:29 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:32
VLAI
Title
netfilter: nf_tables: join hook list via splice_list_rcu() in commit phase
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: join hook list via splice_list_rcu() in commit phase Publish new hooks in the list into the basechain/flowtable using splice_list_rcu() to ensure netlink dump list traversal via rcu is safe while concurrent ruleset update is going on.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 78d9f48f7f44431a25da2b46b3a8812f6ff2b981 , < 1346be9379639c30877083b12747d4eacb83c24f (git)
Affected: 78d9f48f7f44431a25da2b46b3a8812f6ff2b981 , < a6134e62dba2ea4f760b29d5226907f447c92400 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.8
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.8 (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.10 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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