Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 22, 2026· Updated Apr 28, 2026
CVE-2026-31496
CVE-2026-31496
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: skip expectations in other netns via proc
Skip expectations that do not reside in this netns.
Similar to e77e6ff502ea ("netfilter: conntrack: do not dump other netns's conntrack entries via proc").
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Affected products
9cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=2.6.28.1,<6.1.168
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/168145c87444619e3e649322bbe7719ecd00d411nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2028405ea6987b4448784e439413202cfe19f43fnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3265ad619987cb551edaf797ed056d80ac450225nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3db5647984de03d9cae0dcddb509b058351f0ee4nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ca8c7452493d915f9bbf2f39331e6c583d07a23nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcfcd95b3ae7683e8ae55c92284b3430ce614bc7nvdPatch
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