GHSA-G5M8-P567-GRV6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-17 06:33
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: ipset: fix order of kfree_rcu() and rcu_assign_pointer()

Sashiko pointed out that kfree_rcu() was called before rcu_assign_pointer() in handling the comment extension. Fix the order so that rcu_assign_pointer() called first.

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": "2026-08-17T06:33:29Z",
  "published": "2026-08-15T06:32:24Z",
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