CVE-2026-23231

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A concurrent dump can still be walking\n the chain when the error path frees it.\n\n 2) Packet path: for NFPROTO_INET, nf_register_net_hook() briefly\n installs the IPv4 hook before IPv6 registration fails. Packets\n entering nft_do_chain() via the transient IPv4 hook can still be\n dereferencing chain->blob_gen_X when the error path frees the\n chain.\n\nAdd synchronize_rcu() between nft_chain_del() and the chain destroy\nso that all RCU readers -- both dump threads and in-flight packet\nevaluation -- have finished before the chain is freed."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\nnetfilter: nf_tables: corrige uso despu\u00e9s de liberaci\u00f3n en nf_tables_addchain()\n\nnf_tables_addchain() publica la cadena en table->chains a trav\u00e9s de list_add_tail_rcu() (en nft_chain_add()) antes de registrar los ganchos. Si nf_tables_register_hook() falla entonces, la ruta de error llama a nft_chain_del() (list_del_rcu()) seguido de nf_tables_chain_destroy() sin un per\u00edodo de gracia RCU intermedio.\n\nEsto crea dos condiciones de uso despu\u00e9s de liberaci\u00f3n:\n\n1) Plano de control: nf_tables_dump_chains() recorre table->chains bajo rcu_read_lock(). Un volcado concurrente a\u00fan puede estar recorriendo la cadena cuando la ruta de error la libera.\n\n2) Ruta de paquetes: para NFPROTO_INET, nf_register_net_hook() instala brevemente el gancho IPv4 antes de que falle el registro de IPv6. Los paquetes que entran en nft_do_chain() a trav\u00e9s del gancho IPv4 transitorio a\u00fan pueden estar desreferenciando chain->blob_gen_X cuando la ruta de error libera la cadena.\n\nA\u00f1adir synchronize_rcu() entre nft_chain_del() y la destrucci\u00f3n de la cadena para que todos los lectores RCU -- tanto los hilos de volcado como la evaluaci\u00f3n de paquetes en curso -- hayan terminado antes de que la cadena sea liberada."}], "lastModified": "2026-03-17T21:22:06.590", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "E51277CF-00C8-4E26-BC0E-6A90823CCC3E", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.165", "versionStartIncluding": "3.16"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "851E9353-6C09-4CC9-877E-E09DB164A3C2", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.128", "versionStartIncluding": "6.2"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "BCE16369-98ED-41CF-8995-DFDC10B288D2", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.75", "versionStartIncluding": "6.7"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "BF463CB7-1F58-4607-B847-77ED23E4B9B7", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.14", "versionStartIncluding": "6.13"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "672A3E79-EC03-479D-8503-361DFBDC8092", "versionEndExcluding": "6.19.4", "versionStartIncluding": "6.19"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}