CVE-2026-74624 (GCVE-0-2026-74624)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-22 15:32 – Updated: 2026-08-25 05:40
VLAI
Title
netfilter: nf_conntrack: defer invalid log until after unlock
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_conntrack: defer invalid log until after unlock TCP and SCTP conntrack paths can emit invalid-packet logs while ct->lock is still held. When invalid logging is routed to nfnetlink_log and conntrack export is enabled, the log path can re-enter conntrack netlink glue and dump the same conntrack again. Protocol attribute dumping may take ct->lock, so logging while holding that lock can deadlock. Defer the TCP invalid logs by storing only the minimal log context while ct->lock is held and emitting the log after unlocking. Also make the TCP timeout-lowering invalid path return whether a log is needed, then emit that log after unlocking. Do the same for the SCTP invalid state-transition log that can be reached while ct->lock is held. Add a lockdep assertion to nf_ct_l4proto_log_invalid() so future callers that log invalid conntracks while holding ct->lock are caught outside TCP and SCTP as well.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Assigner
Linux CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 6667 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: d9a6f0d0df1899ff9086a57abc600e414f4b8cdd , < ca97360eba4b3dc67f1804625542f4ccc774242a (git)
Affected: d9a6f0d0df1899ff9086a57abc600e414f4b8cdd , < 63853eb20bba4e00b7cd0b8cfc19337bbaaf5037 (git)
Affected: d9a6f0d0df1899ff9086a57abc600e414f4b8cdd , < 9480fcf70a5aa9d320088a01c95df0e5e6391f4a (git)
Affected: d9a6f0d0df1899ff9086a57abc600e414f4b8cdd , < 0424186d570aa4d1ad17f516afb86bd9eaa4f42e (git)
Affected: d9a6f0d0df1899ff9086a57abc600e414f4b8cdd , < c0224327b7cbed9d3198e8dbec847281053dcd06 (git)
Affected: d9a6f0d0df1899ff9086a57abc600e414f4b8cdd , < 2d19b95c9723001f214f7a47d67b09f46238f200 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.1
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.1 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.184 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.152 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.104 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.45 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.9 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Vulnerability timeline

Sightings and recorded dates, grouped by day · UTC

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    Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.