CVE-2026-72434 (GCVE-0-2026-72434)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:56 – Updated: 2026-10-16 18:55
VLAI
Title
netfilter: ipset: make sure gc is properly stopped
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ipset: make sure gc is properly stopped Sashiko noticed that when destroying a set, cancel_delayed_work_sync() was called while gc calls queue_delayed_work() unconditionally which can lead not to properly shutting down the gc.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-16 18:49 UTC
Assigner
Linux CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 6994 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465 , < c940d1b96248c3081b664ede5418078bdc7c8c07 (git)
Affected: f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465 , < 12088da6add5b003657c8506c5b0fcef835083b8 (git)
Affected: f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465 , < c78bd5195a5998094a5866df702fbeafda60dafb (git)
Affected: f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465 , < 4a597a87e2e2f608edb6be2c510dc826b4fdfb53 (git)
Affected: 5dd9488ae41070b69d2f4acb580f77db5705f9ca (git)
Affected: a469bab3386aebff33c59506f3a95e35b91118fd (git)
Affected: 5.4.24 , < 5.5 (semver)
Affected: 5.5.8 , < 5.6 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.6
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.6 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.97 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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