CVE-2026-23412: netfilter: bpf: defer hook memory release until rcu readers are done

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-04-02 · updated 2026-10-19
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: bpf: defer hook memory release until rcu readers are done Yiming Qian reports UaF when concurrent process is dumping hooks via nfnetlink_hooks: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in nfnl_hook_dump_one.isra.0+0xe71/0x10f0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888003edbf88 by task poc/79 Call Trace: <TASK> nfnl_hook_dump_one.isra.0+0xe71/0x10f0 netlink_dump+0x554/0x12b0 nfnl_hook_get+0x176/0x230 [..] Defer release until after concurrent readers have completed.

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 6.4.1 before 6.6.130; from 6.7 before 6.12.78; from 6.13 before 6.18.20; from 6.19 before 6.19.10; 6.4, 7.0-rc1, 7.0-rc2, 7.0-rc3, 7.0-rc4, 7.0-rc5 (+2) — fixed in 6.12.78, 6.18.20, 6.19.10, 6.6.130

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.12.78, 6.18.20, 6.19.10, 6.6.130. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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