🛡️ UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23458
⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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CVSS Score
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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ctnetlink: fix use-after-free in ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct() ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct() stores a conntrack pointer in cb->data for the netlink dump callback ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table(), but drops the conntrack reference immediately after netlink_dump_start(). When the dump spans multiple rounds, the second recvmsg() triggers the dump callback which dereferences the now-freed conntrack via nfct_help(ct), leading to a use-after-free on ct->ext. The bug is that the netlink_dump_control has no .start or .done callbacks to manage the conntrack reference across dump rounds. Other dump functions in the same file (e.g. ctnetlink_get_conntrack) properly use .start/.done callbacks for this purpose. Fix this by adding .start and .done callbacks that hold and release the conntrack reference for the duration of the dump, and move the nfct_help() call after the cb->args[0] early-return check in the dump callback to avoid dereferencing ct->ext unnecessarily. BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table+0x4f/0x2e0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810597ebf0 by task ctnetlink_poc/133 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 133 Comm: ctnetlink_poc Not tainted 7.0.0-rc2+ #3 PREEMPTLAZY Call Trace: ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table+0x4f/0x2e0 netlink_dump+0x333/0x880 netlink_recvmsg+0x3e2/0x4b0 ? aa_sk_perm+0x184/0x450 sock_recvmsg+0xde/0xf0 Allocated by task 133: kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x134/0x440 __nf_conntrack_alloc+0xa8/0x2b0 ctnetlink_create_conntrack+0xa1/0x900 ctnetlink_new_conntrack+0x3cf/0x7d0 nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x48e/0x510 netlink_rcv_skb+0xc9/0x1f0 nfnetlink_rcv+0xdb/0x220 netlink_unicast+0x3ec/0x590 netlink_sendmsg+0x397/0x690 __sys_sendmsg+0xf4/0x180 Freed by task 0: slab_free_after_rcu_debug+0xad/0x1e0 rcu_core+0x5c3/0x9c0

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-04-03
Updated 2026-06-09
Modified 2026-06-08
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
linux
linux-allwinner-5.19
linux-aws
linux-aws-5.0
linux-aws-5.11
linux-aws-5.13
linux-aws-5.15
linux-aws-5.19
linux-aws-5.3
linux-aws-5.4
linux-aws-5.8
linux-aws-6.14
linux-aws-6.17
linux-aws-6.2
linux-aws-6.5
linux-aws-6.8
linux-aws-fips
linux-aws-hwe
linux-azure
linux-azure-4.15
linux-azure-5.11
linux-azure-5.13
linux-azure-5.15
linux-azure-5.19
linux-azure-5.3
linux-azure-5.4
linux-azure-5.8
linux-azure-6.11
linux-azure-6.14
linux-azure-6.17
linux-azure-6.2
linux-azure-6.5
linux-azure-6.8
linux-azure-edge
linux-azure-fde
linux-azure-fde-5.19
linux-azure-fde-6.14
linux-azure-fde-6.17
linux-azure-fde-6.2
linux-azure-fde-6.8
linux-azure-fips
linux-azure-nvidia
linux-azure-nvidia-6.14
linux-bluefield
linux-fips
linux-gcp
linux-gcp-4.15
linux-gcp-5.11
linux-gcp-5.13
linux-gcp-5.15
linux-gcp-5.19
linux-gcp-5.3
linux-gcp-5.4
linux-gcp-5.8
linux-gcp-6.11
linux-gcp-6.14
linux-gcp-6.17
linux-gcp-6.2
linux-gcp-6.5
linux-gcp-6.8
linux-gcp-fips
linux-gke
linux-gke-4.15
linux-gke-5.15
linux-gke-5.4
linux-gkeop
linux-gkeop-5.15
linux-gkeop-5.4
linux-hwe
linux-hwe-5.11
linux-hwe-5.13
linux-hwe-5.15
linux-hwe-5.19
linux-hwe-5.4
linux-hwe-5.8
linux-hwe-6.11
linux-hwe-6.14
linux-hwe-6.17
linux-hwe-6.2
linux-hwe-6.5
linux-hwe-6.8
linux-hwe-edge
linux-ibm
linux-ibm-5.15
linux-ibm-5.4
linux-ibm-6.8
linux-intel-5.13
linux-intel-iot-realtime
linux-intel-iotg
linux-intel-iotg-5.15
linux-iot
linux-kvm
linux-lowlatency
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8
linux-lts-xenial
linux-nvidia
linux-nvidia-6.11
linux-nvidia-6.17
linux-nvidia-6.2
linux-nvidia-6.5
linux-nvidia-6.8
linux-nvidia-lowlatency
linux-nvidia-tegra
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx
linux-oem
linux-oem-5.10
linux-oem-5.13
linux-oem-5.14
linux-oem-5.17
linux-oem-5.6
linux-oem-6.0
linux-oem-6.1
linux-oem-6.11
linux-oem-6.14
linux-oem-6.17
linux-oem-6.5
linux-oem-6.8
linux-oracle
linux-oracle-5.0
linux-oracle-5.11
linux-oracle-5.13
linux-oracle-5.15
linux-oracle-5.3
linux-oracle-5.4
linux-oracle-5.8
linux-oracle-6.14
linux-oracle-6.17
linux-oracle-6.5
linux-oracle-6.8
linux-raspi
linux-raspi-5.4
linux-raspi-realtime
linux-raspi2
linux-realtime
linux-realtime-6.14
linux-realtime-6.17
linux-realtime-6.8
linux-riscv
linux-riscv-5.11
linux-riscv-5.15
linux-riscv-5.19
linux-riscv-5.8
linux-riscv-6.14
linux-riscv-6.17
linux-riscv-6.5
linux-riscv-6.8
linux-starfive-5.19
linux-starfive-6.2
linux-starfive-6.5
linux-xilinx
linux-xilinx-zynqmp

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