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CVE-2022-49561

netfilter: conntrack: re-fetch conntrack after insertion

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Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: conntrack: re-fetch conntrack after insertion In case the conntrack is clashing, insertion can free skb->_nfct and set skb->_nfct to the already-confirmed entry. This wasn't found before because the conntrack entry and the extension space used to free'd after an rcu grace period, plus the race needs events enabled to trigger.

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Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    Version range not reported

  • Linux Linux

    4.7

References 8

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