CVE-2026-53269 netfilter: synproxy: add mutex to guard hook reference counting

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: synproxy: add mutex to guard hook reference counting As the synproxy infrastructure register netfilter hooks on-demand when a user adds the first iptables target or nftables expression, if done concurrently they can ra...

EUVD-2026-39220

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: synproxy: add mutex to guard hook reference counting As the synproxy infrastructure register netfilter hooks on-demand when a user adds the first iptables target or nftables expression, if done concurrently they can ra...

CVE-2026-53269

The CVE-2026-53269 issue exists in the Linux kernel’s netfilter synproxy path, where concurrent registration of hooks could race, affecting refcount blocks. A mutex was added to serialize access to refcount control blocks in frontends, mitigating the race. Connected OSV entries report patches for...

CVE-2026-53269

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: synproxy: add mutex to guard hook reference counting As the synproxy infrastructure register netfilter hooks on-demand when a user adds the first iptables target or nftables expression, if done concurrently they can ra...