CVE-2026-23278

Summary

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

netfilter: nf_tables: always walk all pending catchall elements

During transaction processing we might have more than one catchall element: 1 live catchall element and 1 pending element that is coming as part of the new batch.

If the map holding the catchall elements is also going away, its required to toggle all catchall elements and not just the first viable candidate.

Otherwise, we get: WARNING: ./include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h:1281 at nft_data_release+0xb7/0xe0 [nf_tables], CPU#2: nft/1404 RIP: 0010:nft_data_release+0xb7/0xe0 [nf_tables] [..] __nft_set_elem_destroy+0x106/0x380 [nf_tables] nf_tables_abort_release+0x348/0x8d0 [nf_tables] nf_tables_abort+0xcf2/0x3ac0 [nf_tables] nfnetlink_rcv_batch+0x9c9/0x20e0 [..]

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinuxd60be2da67d172aecf866302c91ea11533eca4d9 < c4d4e86fda707d89eaba80e343321737375f8582affected
LinuxLinux628bd3e49cba1c066228e23d71a852c23e26da73 < 4830fb44d12f586f3f544609e086933649a9175aaffected
LinuxLinux628bd3e49cba1c066228e23d71a852c23e26da73 < eb0948fa13298212c5f8b30ee48efdae4389ab09affected
LinuxLinux628bd3e49cba1c066228e23d71a852c23e26da73 < de47a88c6b807910f05703fb6605f7efdaa11417affected
LinuxLinux628bd3e49cba1c066228e23d71a852c23e26da73 < 77c26b5056d693ffe5e9f040e946251cdb55ae55affected
LinuxLinux628bd3e49cba1c066228e23d71a852c23e26da73 < 7cb9a23d7ae40a702577d3d8bacb7026f04ac2a9affected
LinuxLinuxbc9f791d2593f17e39f87c6e2b3a36549a3705b1affected
LinuxLinux3c7ec098e3b588434a8b07ea9b5b36f04cef1f50affected
LinuxLinuxa136b7942ad2a50de708f76ea299ccb45ac7a7f9affected
LinuxLinux25aa2ad37c2162be1c0bc4fe6397f7e4c13f00f8affected
LinuxLinuxdc7cdf8cbcbf8b13de1df93f356ec04cdeef5c41affected
LinuxLinux6.1.36 < 6.1.177affected
LinuxLinux4.19.316 < 4.20affected
LinuxLinux5.4.262 < 5.5affected
LinuxLinux5.10.188 < 5.11affected
LinuxLinux5.15.121 < 5.16affected
LinuxLinux6.3.10 < 6.4affected
LinuxLinux6.4affected
LinuxLinux0 < 6.4unaffected
LinuxLinux6.1.177 <= 6.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.6.144 <= 6.6.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.12.78 <= 6.12.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.18.19 <= 6.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.19.9 <= 6.19.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.0 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

References