CVE-2026-23385
published 2026-03-25CVE-2026-23385: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: clone set on flush only Syzbot with fault injection triggered a…
PriorityP422medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.14%
3.4th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_tables: clone set on flush only
Syzbot with fault injection triggered a failing memory allocation with
GFP_KERNEL which results in a WARN splat:
iter.err
WARNING: net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:845 at nft_map_deactivate+0x34e/0x3c0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:845, CPU#0: syz.0.17/5992
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5992 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
RIP: 0010:nft_map_deactivate+0x34e/0x3c0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:845
Code: 8b 05 86 5a 4e 09 48 3b 84 24 a0 00 00 00 75 62 48 8d 65 d8 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 cc cc cc cc cc e8 63 6d fa f7 90 0b 90 43
+80 7c 35 00 00 0f 85 23 fe ff ff e9 26 fe ff ff 89 d9
RSP: 0018:ffffc900045af780 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff89ca45bd RBX: 00000000fffffff4 RCX: ffff888028111e40
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000fffffff4 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc900045af870 R08: 0000000000400dc0 R09: 00000000ffffffff
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1d141db R12: ffffc900045af7e0
R13: 1ffff920008b5f24 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffffc900045af920
FS: 000055557a6a5500(0000) GS:ffff888125496000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fb5ea271fc0 CR3: 000000003269e000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
__nft_release_table+0xceb/0x11f0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:12115
nft_rcv_nl_event+0xc25/0xdb0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:12187
notifier_call_chain+0x19d/0x3a0 kernel/notifier.c:85
blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x6a/0x90 kernel/notifier.c:380
netlink_release+0x123b/0x1ad0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:761
__sock_release net/socket.c:662 [inline]
sock_close+0xc3/0x240 net/socket.c:1455
Restrict set clone to the flush set command in the preparation phase.
Add NFT_ITER_UPDATE_CLONE and use it for this purpose, update the rbtree
and pipapo backends to only clone the set when this iteratio
Affected
20 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | linux | < linux 6.19.8-1 (forky) | linux 6.19.8-1 (forky) |
| linux | linux | — | — |
| linux | linux | — | — |
| linux | linux | >= 3f1d886cc7c3525d4dbeee24bfa9bb3fe0d48ddc < 9154945a6394029822bd08c24cef5a3f86d0424a | 9154945a6394029822bd08c24cef5a3f86d0424a |
| linux | linux | >= 3f1d886cc7c3525d4dbeee24bfa9bb3fe0d48ddc < b7f67282ca2be14b727dd698b50e10cf5d8c66f9 | b7f67282ca2be14b727dd698b50e10cf5d8c66f9 |
| linux | linux | >= 3f1d886cc7c3525d4dbeee24bfa9bb3fe0d48ddc < fb7fb4016300ac622c964069e286dc83166a5d52 | fb7fb4016300ac622c964069e286dc83166a5d52 |
| linux | linux | >= 6.6.148 < 6.7 | 6.7 |
| linux | linux_kernel | — | — |
| linux | linux_kernel | — | — |
| linux | linux_kernel | — | — |
| linux | linux_kernel | — | — |
| linux | linux_kernel | — | — |
| linux | linux_kernel | — | — |
| linux | linux_kernel | — | — |
| linux | linux_kernel | — | — |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 6.19.8-1 | 6.19.8-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.10.0 < 6.18.17 | 6.18.17 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.10.1 < 6.18.17 | 6.18.17 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.19 < 6.19.7 | 6.19.7 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.19.0 < 6.19.7 | 6.19.7 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-g792-jhj8-228v: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_tables: clone set on flush only
Syzbot with fault injection trigge
ghsa_unreviewed·2026-03-25
CVE-2026-23385 GHSA-g792-jhj8-228v: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_tables: clone set on flush only
Syzbot with fault injection trigge
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_tables: clone set on flush only
Syzbot with fault injection triggered a failing memory allocation with
GFP_KERNEL which results in a WARN splat:
iter.err
WARNING: net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:845 at nft_map_deactivate+0x34e/0x3c0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:845, CPU#0: syz.0.17/5992
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5992 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
RIP: 0010:nft_map_deactivate+0x34e/0x3c0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:845
Code: 8b 05 86 5a 4e 09 48 3b 84 24 a0 00 00 00 75 62 48 8d 65 d8 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 cc cc cc cc cc e8 63 6d fa f7 90 0b 90 43
+80 7c 35 00 00 0f 85 23
OSV
CVE-2026-23385: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: clone set on flush only Syzbot with fault injection triggere
osv·2026-03-25
CVE-2026-23385 CVE-2026-23385: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: clone set on flush only Syzbot with fault injection triggere
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: clone set on flush only Syzbot with fault injection triggered a failing memory allocation with GFP_KERNEL which results in a WARN splat: iter.err WARNING: net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:845 at nft_map_deactivate+0x34e/0x3c0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:845, CPU#0: syz.0.17/5992 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5992 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026 RIP: 0010:nft_map_deactivate+0x34e/0x3c0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:845 Code: 8b 05 86 5a 4e 09 48 3b 84 24 a0 00 00 00 75 62 48 8d 65 d8 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 cc cc cc cc cc e8 63 6d fa f7 90 0b 90 43 +80 7c 35 00 00 0f 85 23 fe
OSV
netfilter: nf_tables: clone set on flush only
osv·2026-03-25
CVE-2026-23385 netfilter: nf_tables: clone set on flush only
netfilter: nf_tables: clone set on flush only
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_tables: clone set on flush only
Syzbot with fault injection triggered a failing memory allocation with
GFP_KERNEL which results in a WARN splat:
iter.err
WARNING: net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:845 at nft_map_deactivate+0x34e/0x3c0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:845, CPU#0: syz.0.17/5992
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5992 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
RIP: 0010:nft_map_deactivate+0x34e/0x3c0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:845
Code: 8b 05 86 5a 4e 09 48 3b 84 24 a0 00 00 00 75 62 48 8d 65 d8 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 cc cc cc cc cc e8 63
Red Hat
kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: clone set on flush only
vendor_redhat·2026-03-25·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2026-23385 [MEDIUM] CWE-770 kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: clone set on flush only
kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: clone set on flush only
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_tables: clone set on flush only
Syzbot with fault injection triggered a failing memory allocation with
GFP_KERNEL which results in a WARN splat:
iter.err
WARNING: net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:845 at nft_map_deactivate+0x34e/0x3c0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:845, CPU#0: syz.0.17/5992
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5992 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026
RIP: 0010:nft_map_deactivate+0x34e/0x3c0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:845
Code: 8b 05 86 5a 4e 09 48 3b 84 24 a0 00 00 00 75 62 48 8d 65 d8 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 cc cc cc cc cc
Debian
CVE-2026-23385: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ...
vendor_debian·2026
CVE-2026-23385 [LOW] CVE-2026-23385: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: clone set on flush only Syzbot with fault injection triggered a failing memory allocation with GFP_KERNEL which results in a WARN splat: iter.err WARNING: net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:845 at nft_map_deactivate+0x34e/0x3c0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:845, CPU#0: syz.0.17/5992 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5992 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2026 RIP: 0010:nft_map_deactivate+0x34e/0x3c0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:845 Code: 8b 05 86 5a 4e 09 48 3b 84 24 a0 00 00 00 75 62 48 8d 65 d8 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 cc cc cc cc cc e8 63 6d fa f7 90 0b 90 43 +80 7c 35 00 00 0f 85 23 fe
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2026-03-25
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