CVE-2026-23139

netfilter: nf_conncount: update last_gc only when GC has been performed

High · published February 14, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
31.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00383 · 31.2th percentile
Published
2026-02-14T15:22Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 FEB 15:22Z
    netfilter: nf_conncount: update last_gc only when GC has been performed
    cvelistv5