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GHSA-4JR5-4PJ9-2XJ8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-02 12:31 – Updated: 2026-04-24 15:32

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: bpf: defer hook memory release until rcu readers are done

Yiming Qian reports UaF when concurrent process is dumping hooks via nfnetlink_hooks:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in nfnl_hook_dump_one.isra.0+0xe71/0x10f0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888003edbf88 by task poc/79 Call Trace: nfnl_hook_dump_one.isra.0+0xe71/0x10f0 netlink_dump+0x554/0x12b0 nfnl_hook_get+0x176/0x230 [..]

Defer release until after concurrent readers have completed.

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "aliases": [
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  "modified": "2026-04-24T15:32:20Z",
  "published": "2026-04-02T12:31:05Z",
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CVE-2026-23412 (GCVE-0-2026-23412)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-02 11:40 – Updated: 2026-04-13 06:06

Title

netfilter: bpf: defer hook memory release until rcu readers are done

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: bpf: defer hook memory release until rcu readers are done Yiming Qian reports UaF when concurrent process is dumping hooks via nfnetlink_hooks: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in nfnl_hook_dump_one.isra.0+0xe71/0x10f0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888003edbf88 by task poc/79 Call Trace: <TASK> nfnl_hook_dump_one.isra.0+0xe71/0x10f0 netlink_dump+0x554/0x12b0 nfnl_hook_get+0x176/0x230 [..] Defer release until after concurrent readers have completed.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

URL

Tags

	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d016c216bc75c4512…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb2bf5efdb02a2a59…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c25e0dec366ae99b7…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54244d54a971c26a0…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24f90fa3994b992d1…

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Product

Version

Linux

Affected: 84601d6ee68ae820dec97450934797046d62db4b , < d016c216bc75c45128160593a77b864a04dbe7c0 (git)
Affected: 84601d6ee68ae820dec97450934797046d62db4b , < cb2bf5efdb02a2a59faf603604a1066e8266f349 (git)
Affected: 84601d6ee68ae820dec97450934797046d62db4b , < c25e0dec366ae99b7264324ce3c7cbaea34691f9 (git)
Affected: 84601d6ee68ae820dec97450934797046d62db4b , < 54244d54a971c26a0cd0a9073460ff71f3c51b32 (git)
Affected: 84601d6ee68ae820dec97450934797046d62db4b , < 24f90fa3994b992d1a09003a3db2599330a5232a (git)

Linux

Affected: 6.4
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.4 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.130 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.78 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.20 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.10 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-4JR5-4PJ9-2XJ8

CVE-2026-23412 (GCVE-0-2026-23412)

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