CVE-2026-97998

CVE-2026-97998

published September 25, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
10.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

netfilter: nfnetlink_log: cope with concurrent instance destruction

Instances are refcounted. However, only memory release happens on the

1 -> 0 transition; the unlink from hashes can occur with any refcount.

Uncooperative userspace can force a situation where a queue is pending

for destruction from netlink event while a different socket with same

portid processes an UNBIND request.

With right timing, this will unhash the instance again:

Oops: general protection fault, [..]

Call Trace:

<TASK>

nfulnl_recv_config+0x31a/0xd50

nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7c2/0xeb0

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00210 · 10.7th percentile
Published
2026-09-25T15:17Z
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 SEP 03:28Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 25 SEP 10:23Z
    netfilter: nfnetlink_log: cope with concurrent instance destruction
    cvelistv5