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CVE-2026-72434

netfilter: ipset: make sure gc is properly stopped

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 5.5, 5.6, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ipset: make sure gc is properly stopped Sashiko noticed that when destroying a set, cancel_delayed_work_sync() was called while gc calls queue_delayed_work() unconditionally which can lead not to properly shutting down the gc.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465 · fixed in c940d1b96248c3081b664ede5418078bdc7c8c07; From f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465 · fixed in 12088da6add5b003657c8506c5b0fcef835083b8; From f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465 · fixed in c78bd5195a5998094a5866df702fbeafda60dafb; From f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465 · fixed in 4a597a87e2e2f608edb6be2c510dc826b4fdfb53; From 5.4.24 · fixed in 5.5; From 5.5.8 · fixed in 5.6

  • Linux Linux

    5.6

  • KernelLinux

    From 5.6.0 · fixed in 6.12.97; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.40; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 7.1.5

References 4

git.kernel.org