# CVE-2022-49561: netfilter: conntrack: re-fetch conntrack after insertion

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.7

## Description

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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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e97222b785e70e8973281666d709baad6523d8af
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92a999d1963eed0df666284e20055136ceabd12f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b16bb373988da3ceb0308381634117e18b6ec60d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91a36ec160ec1a0c8f5352b772dffcbb0b6023e3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01989d7eebb61c99bd4b88ebc8e261bd2f02caed
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04f9e9104c969d8ce10a4a43634f641ed082092d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04e4a11dc723c52db7a36dc58f0d69ce6426f8f0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56b14ecec97f39118bf85c9ac2438c5a949509ed

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