FKIE_CVE-2026-98625

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-10-18 16:17 - Updated: 2026-10-19 10:19
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: flowtable: publish HW_DEAD after worker is done flow_offload_work_del() sets NF_FLOW_HW_DEAD before the work handler clears NF_FLOW_HW_PENDING. Once a flow is both HW_DYING and HW_DEAD, a concurrent garbage collection pass can remove it and schedule it for RCU freeing. The offload worker holds neither an RCU read lock nor a reference to the flow. If it is preempted after publishing HW_DEAD, the RCU callback can free the flow before the worker resumes and clears HW_PENDING, resulting in a use-after-free. Move HW_DEAD publication to the common worker epilogue after the pending bit is cleared, making it the final flow access by destroy work. Order all preceding flow accesses before publishing the bit that allows garbage collection to free the object.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00e452a7ca9fda135ea3d04a11128d5088e354a8
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56f39c7d139bb76072efe2fb3dcafc13ba915ad8
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0ef9450e93f2adeb77593db14c2ac7c6c8f5060
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4f0f05dfbe836a171bff261f17d098a4d5461ea
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d644b23afe1ef509c9961a6d84a093c2587edf02
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e20701843032c438f879066a77ea85e361c6b999
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f26652e99f519e6bd34f8a9b48fbb33c603585f2
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f92e8f39726ba68a7c42c6b7566be687c8161579
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  "descriptions": [
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: flowtable: publish HW_DEAD after worker is done\n\nflow_offload_work_del() sets NF_FLOW_HW_DEAD before the work handler\nclears NF_FLOW_HW_PENDING. Once a flow is both HW_DYING and HW_DEAD, a\nconcurrent garbage collection pass can remove it and schedule it for RCU\nfreeing.\n\nThe offload worker holds neither an RCU read lock nor a reference to the\nflow. If it is preempted after publishing HW_DEAD, the RCU callback can\nfree the flow before the worker resumes and clears HW_PENDING, resulting\nin a use-after-free.\n\nMove HW_DEAD publication to the common worker epilogue after the pending\nbit is cleared, making it the final flow access by destroy work. Order all\npreceding flow accesses before publishing the bit that allows garbage\ncollection to free the object."
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2026-98625",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:19:26.700",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-10-18T16:17:15.513",
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}



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