High · published April 2, 2026
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.
| Product | Versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.78 | 6.12.78 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.13, < 6.18.20 | 6.18.20 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.19, < 6.19.10 | 6.19.10 |
| linux/linux_kernel | all versions | — |
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| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.4.1, < 6.6.130 | 6.6.130 |