GHSA-VFH6-R892-92WV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-28 09:31 – Updated: 2026-04-24 15:32In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nf_tables: nft_dynset: fix possible stateful expression memleak in error path
If cloning the second stateful expression in the element via GFP_ATOMIC fails, then the first stateful expression remains in place without being released.
unreferenced object (percpu) 0x607b97e9cab8 (size 16): comm "softirq", pid 0, jiffies 4294931867 hex dump (first 16 bytes on cpu 3): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 backtrace (crc 0): pcpu_alloc_noprof+0x453/0xd80 nft_counter_clone+0x9c/0x190 [nf_tables] nft_expr_clone+0x8f/0x1b0 [nf_tables] nft_dynset_new+0x2cb/0x5f0 [nf_tables] nft_rhash_update+0x236/0x11c0 [nf_tables] nft_dynset_eval+0x11f/0x670 [nf_tables] nft_do_chain+0x253/0x1700 [nf_tables] nft_do_chain_ipv4+0x18d/0x270 [nf_tables] nf_hook_slow+0xaa/0x1e0 ip_local_deliver+0x209/0x330
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-23399"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-401"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-03-28T08:15:56Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnf_tables: nft_dynset: fix possible stateful expression memleak in error path\n\nIf cloning the second stateful expression in the element via GFP_ATOMIC\nfails, then the first stateful expression remains in place without being\nreleased.\n\n \u00a0 unreferenced object (percpu) 0x607b97e9cab8 (size 16):\n \u00a0 \u00a0 comm \"softirq\", pid 0, jiffies 4294931867\n \u00a0 \u00a0 hex dump (first 16 bytes on cpu 3):\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00\n \u00a0 \u00a0 backtrace (crc 0):\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 pcpu_alloc_noprof+0x453/0xd80\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 nft_counter_clone+0x9c/0x190 [nf_tables]\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 nft_expr_clone+0x8f/0x1b0 [nf_tables]\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 nft_dynset_new+0x2cb/0x5f0 [nf_tables]\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 nft_rhash_update+0x236/0x11c0 [nf_tables]\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 nft_dynset_eval+0x11f/0x670 [nf_tables]\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 nft_do_chain+0x253/0x1700 [nf_tables]\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 nft_do_chain_ipv4+0x18d/0x270 [nf_tables]\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 nf_hook_slow+0xaa/0x1e0\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 ip_local_deliver+0x209/0x330",
"id": "GHSA-vfh6-r892-92wv",
"modified": "2026-04-24T15:32:19Z",
"published": "2026-03-28T09:31:07Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23399"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0548a13b5a145b16e4da0628b5936baf35f51b43"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31641c682db73353e4647e40735c7f2a75ff58ef"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c88a9fd26cee365bec932196f76175772a941cca"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1354873cbe3b344899c4311ac05897fd83e3f21"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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