CVE 7.8 HIGH

netfilter: bpf: defer hook memory release until rcu readers are done_CVE-2026-23412

7.8 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-23412
Source Linux
Published Apr 2, 2026 at 11:40
Modified Apr 27, 2026 at 14:02

Affected Product

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Version 84601d6ee68ae820dec97450934797046d62db4b
Affected Versions Linux Linux 84601d6ee68ae820dec97450934797046d62db4b
Linux Linux 84601d6ee68ae820dec97450934797046d62db4b
Linux Linux 84601d6ee68ae820dec97450934797046d62db4b
Linux Linux 84601d6ee68ae820dec97450934797046d62db4b
Linux Linux 84601d6ee68ae820dec97450934797046d62db4b
Linux Linux 6.4

References

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