CVE-2026-98624
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: hold nfnl mutex in event notifier
We must serialize the release notifier and the config netlink function. A concurrent thread can issue close() which can call the release function while unrelated socket processes UNBIND request for same portid:
Oops: general protection fault, [..] RIP: 0010:__instance_destroy+0x60/0x210 [nfnetlink_queue] Call Trace: nfqnl_recv_config+0x9b0/0xdc0 [nfnetlink_queue] nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7c2/0xeb0 ? __pfx_nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10
After this, parallel UNBIND and URELEASE events are impossible.
This change isn't nice, but its the shortest fix given instances are not refcounted and the nfnetlink config callback drops the rcu read lock early due to need for sleeping allocations.
AI Insight
LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
1Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/07a3ec8fdc5a1267c00cd6fd1cf8bbb5cda913c1nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d1184411599a7c2217560bab3bbe641c6d03b95nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e9be1302f25c9be51c2fb8c907bc6d8a1050e33nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/46432f2e76f7c385d82506304a2928e7d293289fnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/597320337c3da06c92a9e95cfc755da66fedc476nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8137a39e08e838ced234044384740ceeb99ed388nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9461613afc59acef44a0071b0dd5075f6e993ffenvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d559e06a5ab7c064100aafd5c826eadd0f1c6216nvd
News mentions
0No linked articles in our index yet.