CVE-2026-97998

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nfnetlink_log: cope with concurrent instance destruction Instances are refcounted. However, only memory release happens on the 1 -> 0 transition; the unlink from hashes can occur with any refcount. Uncooperative userspace can force a situation where a queue is pending for destruction from netlink event while a different socket with same portid processes an UNBIND request. With right timing, this will unhash the instance again: Oops: general protection fault, [..] Call Trace: <TASK> nfulnl_recv_config+0x31a/0xd50 nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7c2/0xeb0

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2dd0f1f8c4e6334699ea6382e52f6da0c7e45eb

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/387d744fa7e499d2c3748a4e60e02ebb24e7fb16

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a7a8ac9a9f0ad0d410c901cb6f233833518844c

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0234d7ca0317be0a623300e1693cd794bbfdf8af

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-25

Updated: 2026-09-25

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.002