CVE-2026-23351
What it is
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: split gc into unlink and reclaim phase Yiming Qian reports Use-after-free in the pipapo set type: Under a large number of expired elements, commit-time GC can run for a very long time in a non-preemptible context, triggering soft lockup warnings and RCU stall reports (local denial of service). We must split GC in an unlink and a reclaim phase. We cannot queue elements for freeing until pointers have been swapped. Expired elements are still exposed to both the packet path and userspace dumpers via the live copy of the data structure. call_rcu() does not protect us: dump operations or element lookups starting after call_rcu has fired can still observe the free'd element, unless the commit phase has made enough progress to swap the clone and live pointers before any new reader has picked up the old version. This a similar approach as done recently for the rbtree backend in commit 35f83a75529a ("netfilter: nft_set_rbtree: don't gc elements on insert").
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.1% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.8 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.1% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-416 · Use after free
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Linux Kernel < 5.10.253
- Linux Kernel < 5.15.203
- Linux Kernel < 6.1.167
- Linux Kernel < 6.6.130
- Linux Kernel < 6.12.77
- Linux Kernel < 6.18.17
- Linux Kernel < 6.19.7
- Linux Kernel 5.6
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Fix and advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16f3595c0441d87dfa005c47d8f95be213afaa9e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/500a50a301ce962b019ab95053ac70264fec2c21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65ca51b9fb85477ab92a04295aed34b38f7c062e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7864c667aed01a58b87ca518a631322cd0ac34c0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9df95785d3d8302f7c066050117b04cd3c2048c2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aff13667708dfa0dce136b8efd81baa9fa6ef261
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0f1f85097ac2b6e7d750fe4d05807985cd3fd3a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c12d570d71920903a1a0468b7d13b085203d0c93
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16f3595c0441d87dfa005c47d8f95be213afaa9e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/500a50a301ce962b019ab95053ac70264fec2c21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65ca51b9fb85477ab92a04295aed34b38f7c062e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7864c667aed01a58b87ca518a631322cd0ac34c0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9df95785d3d8302f7c066050117b04cd3c2048c2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aff13667708dfa0dce136b8efd81baa9fa6ef261
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0f1f85097ac2b6e7d750fe4d05807985cd3fd3a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c12d570d71920903a1a0468b7d13b085203d0c93
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