kernel: netfilter: conntrack: tcp: do not force CLOSE on invalid-seq RST without direction check

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's netfilter conntrack TCP state machine. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted sequence of TCP Transmission Control Protocol packets, specifically a SYN synchronize packet followed by an RST reset packet with an invali...

SUSE CVE-2026-63913

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: conntrack: tcp: do not force CLOSE on invalid-seq RST without direction check An unintended behavior in the TCP conntrack state machine allows a connection to be forced into the CLOSE state using an RST packet with an...