CVE-2026-45901 netfilter: nf_tables: revert commit_mutex usage in reset path

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nftables: revert commitmutex usage in reset path It causes circular lock dependency between commitmutex, nfnlsubsysipset and nlkcbmutex when nft reset, ipset list, and iptables-nft with '-m set' rule run at the same...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-45901

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - netfilter: nftables: revert commitmutex usage in reset path It causes circular lock dependency between commitmutex, nfnlsubsysipset and nlkcbmutex when nft rese...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 5.10, Linux 6.1, Linux, Linux 5.15

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nftables: do not skip expired elements during walking. There is an asymmetry between the commit/abort phase and the preparation phase if the following conditions are met: 1. “set” is a verdict map “1.2.3.4 : jump foo”...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.10, Linux

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nftables: double hook unregistration in netns path nftreleasehooks is called from the prenetns exit path, which unregisters the hooks. Then, the NETDEVUNREGISTER event is triggered, which unregisters the hooks again...

Astra Linux – Vulnerabilities in Linux, Linux-5.10, Linux-5.15, Linux-6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerabilities have been resolved: netfilter: nftables: The backend used for setting nftables has been changed to use the GC transaction API. The old and buggy gc API and the busy mark approach have been replaced with the GC transaction API. No set elements are...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 5.10, Linux 6.1, Linux, Linux 5.15

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerabilities have been resolved: netfilter: nftables – The flag for the discard table is updated, with the pending basechain being deleted. The hook for unregistration is deferred to the commit phase. The same applies to hook updates triggered by the table...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 6.1, Linux 5.10, Linux 5.15

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerabilities have been resolved: netfilter: nftables: Fixed a potential data race in nftobjtypeget. The function nftunregisterobj can occur concurrently with nftobjtypeget. There is no protection when iterating over the nftablesobjects list in nftobjtypeget...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 5.10, Linux 5.15

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s netfilter:nftables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. When an error occurs during the creation of a nftables rule, deactivating immediate expressions in nftimmediatedeactivate can cause the chain to be unbound,...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.10

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nftables: A memory leak was fixed in nftablesupdchain. If nftnetdevregisterhooks fails, the memory associated with nftstats is not freed, resulting in a memory leak. This patch addresses this issue by moving the...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.10, Linux

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nftables: The flow rule object is released from the commit path. There is no need to delay this process until the commit release path, as no packets traverse this object at all. It is accessed only from the control...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 5.15, Linux 6.1

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the netfilter component of the Linux kernel’s nftables module, which can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The nftsetelemcatchalldeactivate function checks whether the catch-all set element is active in the current generation rather than...

Astra Linux – Vulnerabilities in Linux, Linux-5.10, Linux-5.15, Linux-6.1

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the netfilter component of the Linux kernel’s code, specifically the nftables module. This vulnerability can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. Due to a race condition between the netlink control plane transaction of the nftables module an...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 5.10, Linux 6.1, Linux, Linux 5.15

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nftables: rejecting new basechains after table flag updates When the “dormant” flag is toggled, hooks are disabled during the commit phase by iterating over existing and new chains in the table. The following...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.10

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerabilities have been resolved: netfilter: nftables: Clean up the hook list when the offload flag check fails Resuspend the hook list so that nftchainreleasehook has a chance to release the hooks. BUG: Memory leak Unreferenced object 0xffff88810180b100 size...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.10, Linux

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerabilities have been resolved: netfilter: nftables – A memory leak occurred during the stateful object update. Stateful objects can be updated from the control plane. The transaction logic allocates a temporary object for this purpose. The -init function wa...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.10

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nftables: Do not allow SETID to refer to another table. When performing lookups for sets within the same batch using their IDs, a set from a different table can be used. However, when the table is removed, a reference ...

Astra Linux – Vulnerabilities in Linux 5.10, Linux 5.15, Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nftables: disallow timeout for anonymous sets These parameters have never been used in the user space; therefore, disallow them...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.10

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerabilities have been resolved: netfilter: nftables: Unlinking the table before deleting it The syzbot reports the following UAFs: BUG: KASAN: Use-after-free in memcmp+0x18f/0x1c0, lib/string.c:955 nlastrcmp+0xf2/0x130, lib/nlattr.c:836...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 5.10, Linux 5.15

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s netfilter:nftables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. When nftablesdelrule is flushing table rules, it does not check whether the chain is bound, and the owner rule of the chain may also release objects under...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 5.10, Linux 6.1, Linux, Linux 5.15

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerabilities have been resolved: netfilter: nftables: Fixed a potential data race in nftflowtabletypeget. The call to nftunregisterflowtabletype within nfflowinetmoduleexit can conflict with nftflowtabletypeget within nftablesnewflowtable. There is no...