CVE-2025-71160

CVE-2025-71160 relates to the Linux kernel netfilter nf_tables chain validation. The vulnerability arises from the validator traversing the entire chain graph (base chains and chain jumps), which can trigger CPU soft lockups in nft_chain_validate under certain input paths. The change described ai...

CVE-2025-71160

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nftables: avoid chain re-validation if possible Hamza Mahfooz reports cpu soft lock-ups in nftchainvalidate: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU1 stuck for 27s! iptables-nft-re:37547 .. RIP: 0010:nftchainvalidate+0xcb/0x1...