High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 5, 2026· Updated May 8, 2026
CVE-2026-43060
CVE-2026-43060
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nft_ct: drop pending enqueued packets on removal
Packets sitting in nfqueue might hold a reference to:
- templates that specify the conntrack zone, because a percpu area is used and module removal is possible. - conntrack timeout policies and helper, where object removal leave a stale reference.
Since these objects can just go away, drop enqueued packets to avoid stale reference to them.
If there is a need for finer grain removal, this logic can be revisited to make selective packet drop upon dependencies.
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