netfilter: nf_conncount: update last_gc only when GC has been performed (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-23139
HIGH 7.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.38 % · percentile 32 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_conncount: update last_gc only when GC has been performed Currently last_gc is being updated everytime a new connection is tracked, that means that it is updated even if a GC wasn't performed. With a sufficiently high packet rate, it is possible to always bypass the GC, causing the list to grow infinitely. Update the last_gc value only when a GC has been actually performed.

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HLinux
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected f106694733c66a48740c25bc4e212e9b2ea364ce < 2c7c71113ed6d3e2f3aca4c088f22283016ff34f ; affected be69850b461e7b491d87a22e33ab76fdd04b725e < c4cde57c8affdcca5bcff53a1047e15d268bdca1 ; affected d265929930e2ffafc744c0ae05fb70acd53be1ee < 9f45588993d7f115280fc726119ca86fba32a811 ; affected d265929930e2ffafc744c0ae05fb70acd53be1ee < 3cd717359e56f82f06cbf8279b47a7d79880c6f3 ; affected d265929930e2ffafc744c0ae05fb70acd53be1ee < 26a82dce2beee39c43c109d9647e16f49cb02a35 ; affected d265929930e2ffafc744c0ae05fb70acd53be1ee < 8bdafdf4900040a81422056cabe5e00a37bd101a
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.19 ; unaffected 0 < 5.19 ; unaffected 6.1.161 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.121 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.66 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.6 ≤ 6.18.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD