High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 15, 2026· Updated Aug 17, 2026
CVE-2026-72435
CVE-2026-72435
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: ipset: fix order of kfree_rcu() and rcu_assign_pointer()
Sashiko pointed out that kfree_rcu() was called before rcu_assign_pointer() in handling the comment extension. Fix the order so that rcu_assign_pointer() called first.
Affected products
2Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ca9982a8882470aa0ac4e8bb9a552b181d1efcdnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/50b70f56f3baaff46599f59b2d93fa2540120776nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e98407cb94e035bba98956adc9096a76d8b2a9fnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8087bb360a936a6314d22b567e4b861656943eb6nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/93a775fd67f3ef34949a9523bfa69403ee74efddnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9787d7c24ffd83019f379455e1b97fb4f0f75ebnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d01b4b471f0fc5c396af62845e972ccf99cee29anvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcb565966534909377a16be5f7b065db2e25c8b5nvd
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