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CVE-2024-26808 (GCVE-0-2024-26808)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-04 09:50 – Updated: 2026-08-05 11:27
VLAI
Title
netfilter: nft_chain_filter: handle NETDEV_UNREGISTER for inet/ingress basechain
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_chain_filter: handle NETDEV_UNREGISTER for inet/ingress basechain Remove netdevice from inet/ingress basechain in case NETDEV_UNREGISTER event is reported, otherwise a stale reference to netdevice remains in the hook list.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-27 19:35 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 60a3815da702fd9e4759945f26cce5c47d3967ad , < 9489e214ea8f2a90345516016aa51f2db3a8cc2f (git)
Affected: 60a3815da702fd9e4759945f26cce5c47d3967ad , < 70f17b48c86622217a58d5099d29242fc9adac58 (git)
Affected: 60a3815da702fd9e4759945f26cce5c47d3967ad , < af149a46890e8285d1618bd68b8d159bdb87fdb3 (git)
Affected: 60a3815da702fd9e4759945f26cce5c47d3967ad , < e5888acbf1a3d8d021990ce6c6061fd5b2bb21b4 (git)
Affected: 60a3815da702fd9e4759945f26cce5c47d3967ad , < 36a0a80f32209238469deb481967d777a3d539ee (git)
Affected: 60a3815da702fd9e4759945f26cce5c47d3967ad , < 01acb2e8666a6529697141a6017edbf206921913 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.10
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.10 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.210 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.149 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.76 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.15 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.7.3 , ≤ 6.7.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.8 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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