# CVE-2026-64078: netfilter: x\_tables: add and use xtables\_unregister\_table\_exit

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-07-19 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.15

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: x_tables: add and use xtables_unregister_table_exit Previous change added xtables_unregister_table_pre_exit to detach the table from the packetpath and to unlink it from the active table list. In case of rmmod, userspace that is doing set/getsockopt for this table will not be able to re-instantiate the table: 1. The larval table has been removed already 2. existing instantiated table is no longer on the xt pernet table list. This adds the second stage helper: unlink the table from the dying list, free the hook ops (if any) and do the audit notification. It replaces xt_unregister_table().

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86ee5bc9c0f0e652e19f395675a432de11b75514
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8026e5163cca1d1db436c7bfb89ddea8b5e8c2cf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4597d5fd7d2f8cebfffd40dffb5e003cc78964c

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