CVE-2026-43084CWE-416

CVE-2026-43084

High · published May 6, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: make hash table per queue

Sharing a global hash table among all queues is tempting, but

it can cause crash:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in nfqnl_recv_verdict+0x11ac/0x15e0 [nfnetlink_queue]

[..]

nfqnl_recv_verdict+0x11ac/0x15e0 [nfnetlink_queue]

nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x46a/0x930

kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x11e/0x450

struct nf_queue_entry is freed via kfree, but parallel cpu can still

encounter such an nf_queue_entry when walking the list.

Alternative fix is to free the nf_queue_entry via kfree_rcu() instead,

but as we have to alloc/free for each skb this will cause more mem

pressure.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00170 · 6.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2026-05-06T14:16Z
Affected products (3)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.12.75, < 6.12.836.12.83
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.18.14, < 6.18.246.18.24
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19.4, < 6.19.146.19.14
References (4)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 MAY 07:40Z
    netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: make hash table per queue
    cvelistv5