CVE-2026-31665
netfilter: nft_ct: fix use-after-free in timeout object destroy
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_ct: fix use-after-free in timeout object destroy nft_ct_timeout_obj_destroy() frees the timeout object with kfree()
immediately after nf_ct_untimeout(), without waiting for an RCU grace
period. Concurrent packet processing on other CPUs may still hold
RCU-protected references to the timeout object obtained via
rcu_dereference() in nf_ct_timeout_data(). Add an rcu_head to struct nf_ct_timeout and use kfree_rcu() to defer
freeing until after an RCU grace period, matching the approach already
used in nfnetlink_cttimeout.c. KASAN report: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in nf_conntrack_tcp_packet+0x1381/0x29d0 Read of size 4 at addr ffff8881035fe19c by task exploit/80 Call Trace: nf_conntrack_tcp_packet+0x1381/0x29d0 nf_conntrack_in+0x612/0x8b0 nf_hook_slow+0x70/0x100 __ip_local_out+0x1b2/0x210 tcp_sendmsg_locked+0x722/0x1580 __sys_sendto+0x2d8/0x320 Allocated by task 75: nft_ct_timeout_obj_init+0xf6/0x290 nft_obj_init+0x107/0x1b0 nf_tables_newobj+0x680/0x9c0 nfnetlink_rcv_batch+0xc29/0xe00 Freed by task 26: nft_obj_destroy+0x3f/0xa0 nf_tables_trans_destroy_work+0x51c/0x5c0 process_one_work+0x2c4/0x5a0
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2026-03-09 CVE Reserved
- 2026-04-24 CVE Published
- 2026-04-30 EPSS Updated
- 2026-05-11 CVE Updated
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- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-416: Use After Free
CAPEC
References (9)
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| https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e0b2b57f01d183e1c84114f1f2287737358d748 | Vuln. Introduced |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.19 < 5.10.253 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.19 < 5.10.253" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.19 < 5.15.203 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.19 < 5.15.203" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.19 < 6.1.169 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.19 < 6.1.169" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.19 < 6.6.135 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.19 < 6.6.135" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.19 < 6.12.82 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.19 < 6.12.82" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.19 < 6.18.23 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.19 < 6.18.23" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.19 < 6.19.13 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.19 < 6.19.13" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.19 < 7.0 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.19 < 7.0" | en |
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