High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Jun 24, 2026· Updated Jul 14, 2026

CVE-2026-52988

Description

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

netfilter: nf_tables: join hook list via splice_list_rcu() in commit phase

Publish new hooks in the list into the basechain/flowtable using splice_list_rcu() to ensure netlink dump list traversal via rcu is safe while concurrent ruleset update is going on.

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Affected products

osv-coords16 versions
pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-6.18-bootc-boot-installed pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-64kb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-build&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default-base&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:linux/kernel pkg:rpm/opensuse/dtb-aarch64&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-docs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18-bootc-boot-installed
< 6.18.38-r2+ 15 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.38-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1.160000.2.19
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: >= 5.8.0, < 7.0.10
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.38-r2
Linux/Kernelllm-fuzzy3 versions
(expand)+ 2 more
- (no CPE)
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.8,<7.0.10
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

cvss	0.461
epss	0.000
exploit	0.000
kev	0.000
patch	-0.070
ransomware	0.000

CVE-2026-52988

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