CVE-2026-80636 netfilter: conntrack: revert ct extension genid infrastructure

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: conntrack: revert ct extension genid infrastructure This infrastructure is not used anymore after moving ct timeout and helper to use datapath refcount to track object use. Revert commit c56716c69ce1 "netfilter:...

CVE-2026-80636

CVE-2026-80636 affects the Linux kernel netfilter conntrack subsystem. The vulnerability stems from the ct extension genid infrastructure (introduced by commit c56716c69ce1), which disables all ct extensions for unconfirmed conntracks—causing them to be NULL —when this behavior should only apply ...