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FKIE_CVE-2026-72255

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-15 06:21 - Updated: 2026-08-23 13:16
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_queue: pin bridge device while NFQUEUE holds fake dst The br_netfilter fake rtable is embedded in struct net_bridge and is attached to bridged packets with skb_dst_set_noref(). If such a packet is queued to NFQUEUE, __nf_queue() upgrades that fake dst with skb_dst_force(). At that point the queued skb can hold a real dst reference after bridge teardown has started. The problem is not that every bridged packet needs its own dst reference. The problem is that NFQUEUE can keep the bridge private fake dst alive after unregister begins. Fix this by keeping the bridge fake dst model unchanged and pinning the bridge master device only while the packet sits in NFQUEUE. Record the bridge device in nf_queue_entry when the queued skb carries a bridge fake dst, take a device reference for the queue lifetime, and drop it when the queue entry is freed. Also make sure queued entries are reaped when that bridge device goes down, and drop the redundant nf_bridge_info_exists() test from the fake dst detection. This keeps netdev_priv(br->dev) alive until verdict completion, so the embedded fake rtable and its metrics backing storage cannot be freed out from under dst_release(). It also avoids the constant refcount bump and avoids using ipv4-specific dst helpers for IPv6 bridge traffic.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01ace27af47801dd7f6b839e782b62863af979cc
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ca505346c5e2905ab7b5313af801fcf38f594a8
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f03a2d225c668283110ad5f9ff159ba4591e2c7
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/430521af7fe8a9c08f5a2554224a35f11f51d99e
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47b3af24de5fbed4bf2952de0f5294ef1a338a26
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8dc51351472825500145eed5bddfb88b2ec32008
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9c9b37f8c5505224e8d206184df3bb668ee00cf
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: nf_queue: pin bridge device while NFQUEUE holds fake dst\n\nThe br_netfilter fake rtable is embedded in struct net_bridge and is\nattached to bridged packets with skb_dst_set_noref(). If such a packet is\nqueued to NFQUEUE, __nf_queue() upgrades that fake dst with\nskb_dst_force().\n\nAt that point the queued skb can hold a real dst reference after bridge\nteardown has started. The problem is not that every bridged packet needs\nits own dst reference. The problem is that NFQUEUE can keep the bridge\nprivate fake dst alive after unregister begins.\n\nFix this by keeping the bridge fake dst model unchanged and pinning the\nbridge master device only while the packet sits in NFQUEUE. Record the\nbridge device in nf_queue_entry when the queued skb carries a bridge fake\ndst, take a device reference for the queue lifetime, and drop it when the\nqueue entry is freed.\n\nAlso make sure queued entries are reaped when that bridge device goes\ndown, and drop the redundant nf_bridge_info_exists() test from the fake\ndst detection.\n\nThis keeps netdev_priv(br-\u003edev) alive until verdict completion, so the\nembedded fake rtable and its metrics backing storage cannot be freed out\nfrom under dst_release(). It also avoids the constant refcount bump and\navoids using ipv4-specific dst helpers for IPv6 bridge traffic."
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  "lastModified": "2026-08-23T13:16:42.637",
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