GHSA-38C9-7H78-X2JX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-20 18:32 – Updated: 2026-07-20 18:32In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: ipset: fix race between dump and ip_set_list resize
The release path of ip_set_dump_do() and ip_set_dump_done() read inst->ip_set_list via ip_set_ref_netlink(), a plain rcu_dereference_raw() of the array pointer. These run from netlink_recvmsg() without the nfnl mutex and without an RCU read-side critical section.
A concurrent ip_set_create() can grow the array: it publishes the new array, calls synchronize_net() and then kvfree()s the old one. Since the dump paths read the array outside any RCU reader, synchronize_net() does not wait for them and the old array can be freed while they still index into it, causing a use-after-free.
The dumped set itself stays pinned via set->ref_netlink, so only the array load needs protecting. Take rcu_read_lock() around it, matching ip_set_get_byname() and __ip_set_put_byindex().
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ip_set_dump_do (net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c:1697) Read of size 8 at addr ffff88800b5c4018 by task exploit/150 Call Trace: ... kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:595) ip_set_dump_do (net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c:1697) netlink_dump (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2325) netlink_recvmsg (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1976) sock_recvmsg (net/socket.c:1159) __sys_recvfrom (net/socket.c:2315) ... Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address ... KASAN NOPTI KASAN: maybe wild-memory-access in range [0x02d6...d0-0x02d6...d7] RIP: 0010:ip_set_dump_do (net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c:1698) Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-64189"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-20T17:18:21Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: ipset: fix race between dump and ip_set_list resize\n\nThe release path of ip_set_dump_do() and ip_set_dump_done() read\ninst-\u003eip_set_list via ip_set_ref_netlink(), a plain rcu_dereference_raw()\nof the array pointer. These run from netlink_recvmsg() without the nfnl\nmutex and without an RCU read-side critical section.\n\nA concurrent ip_set_create() can grow the array: it publishes the new\narray, calls synchronize_net() and then kvfree()s the old one. Since the\ndump paths read the array outside any RCU reader, synchronize_net() does\nnot wait for them and the old array can be freed while they still index\ninto it, causing a use-after-free.\n\nThe dumped set itself stays pinned via set-\u003eref_netlink, so only the\narray load needs protecting. Take rcu_read_lock() around it, matching\nip_set_get_byname() and __ip_set_put_byindex().\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ip_set_dump_do (net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c:1697)\n Read of size 8 at addr ffff88800b5c4018 by task exploit/150\n Call Trace:\n ...\n kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:595)\n ip_set_dump_do (net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c:1697)\n netlink_dump (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2325)\n netlink_recvmsg (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1976)\n sock_recvmsg (net/socket.c:1159)\n __sys_recvfrom (net/socket.c:2315)\n ...\n Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address ... KASAN NOPTI\n KASAN: maybe wild-memory-access in range [0x02d6...d0-0x02d6...d7]\n RIP: 0010:ip_set_dump_do (net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c:1698)\n Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception",
"id": "GHSA-38c9-7h78-x2jx",
"modified": "2026-07-20T18:32:33Z",
"published": "2026-07-20T18:32:33Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64189"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cd9103283b26b917360ec99d7d2f2d761bcf1ab"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81d54c766337b923eec26da0a13406760b091093"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8ee198bbc04a32d336e79160fde980e0235b39f"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff86ea9b7fdf70564e60436fbee68c96bc459943"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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