CVE-2026-74695 (GCVE-0-2026-74695)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-22 15:32 – Updated: 2026-10-16 19:16
VLAI
Title
netfilter: nf_flow_table: drop existing skb dst before skb_dst_set_noref()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_flow_table: drop existing skb dst before skb_dst_set_noref() Incoming skbs passing through netfilter flowtable offload hooks (or XFRM offload path) might already carry a ref-counted dst_entry assigned during earlier RX or routing steps. Calling skb_dst_set_noref() when skb already holds a ref-counted dst overwrites skb->_skb_refdst, leaking the previous dst_entry reference count and triggering a DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE assertion in skb_dst_check_unset(): WARNING: at skb_dst_check_unset include/linux/skbuff.h:1170 WARNING: at skb_dst_set_noref include/linux/skbuff.h:1234 WARNING: at nf_flow_offload_ip_hook+0xf6c/0x2b60 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c:864 Drop any existing dst_entry reference with skb_dst_drop(skb) before setting the non-referenced flowtable destination.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-16 19:14 UTC
Assigner
Linux CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 6664 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 2a79fd3908acd88e6cb0e620c314d7b1fee56a02 , < 12afa450a6a6c0cce2c42b7545a9958f62d8a00c (git)
Affected: 2a79fd3908acd88e6cb0e620c314d7b1fee56a02 , < 538e67e8c7889cf5f93951f5309d1bcb41f86036 (git)
Affected: 2a79fd3908acd88e6cb0e620c314d7b1fee56a02 , < 8aecf0bbcc72605592134c917c222207d8f63ab0 (git)
Affected: b4b1adf2e66ecc7125c4117e7aad9ff61e2cfd27 (git)
Affected: 209dedf806d31095968f54323dbe62525b077b33 (git)
Affected: 4.16.15 , < 4.17 (semver)
Affected: 4.17.1 , < 4.18 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 4.18
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.18 (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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