netfilter: nf_conntrack: defer invalid log until after unlock (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-74624
HIGH 7.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.48 % · percentile 41 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Received

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_conntrack: defer invalid log until after unlock TCP and SCTP conntrack paths can emit invalid-packet logs while ct->lock is still held. When invalid logging is routed to nfnetlink_log and conntrack export is enabled, the log path can re-enter conntrack netlink glue and dump the same conntrack again. Protocol attribute dumping may take ct->lock, so logging while holding that lock can deadlock. Defer the TCP invalid logs by storing only the minimal log context while ct->lock is held and emitting the log after unlocking. Also make the TCP timeout-lowering invalid path return whether a log is needed, then emit that log after unlocking. Do the same for the SCTP invalid state-transition log that can be reached while ct->lock is held. Add a lockdep assertion to nf_ct_l4proto_log_invalid() so future callers that log invalid conntracks while holding ct->lock are caught outside TCP and SCTP as well.

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)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected d9a6f0d0df1899ff9086a57abc600e414f4b8cdd < ca97360eba4b3dc67f1804625542f4ccc774242a ; affected d9a6f0d0df1899ff9086a57abc600e414f4b8cdd < 63853eb20bba4e00b7cd0b8cfc19337bbaaf5037 ; affected d9a6f0d0df1899ff9086a57abc600e414f4b8cdd < 9480fcf70a5aa9d320088a01c95df0e5e6391f4a ; affected d9a6f0d0df1899ff9086a57abc600e414f4b8cdd < 0424186d570aa4d1ad17f516afb86bd9eaa4f42e ; affected d9a6f0d0df1899ff9086a57abc600e414f4b8cdd < c0224327b7cbed9d3198e8dbec847281053dcd06 ; affected d9a6f0d0df1899ff9086a57abc600e414f4b8cdd < 2d19b95c9723001f214f7a47d67b09f46238f200
Linux · Linuxaffected 6.1 ; unaffected 0 < 6.1 ; unaffected 6.1.184 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.152 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.104 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.45 ≤ 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