CVE-2026-90061
netfilter: nf_tables: skip double clone set expressions on element insert
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_tables: skip double clone set expressions on element insert
Both the dynset and newsetelem path clone the existing set expressions when setting set element expressions if no override expressions are provided. This results in a double clone, once to clone the template set expressions then another clone on the new element. Add a flag to annotate if userspace provides a override expression (ie. expression of the same type of the set but different configuration), otherwise borrow the existing expression from the set. Add conditionals to release expression iif they represent an override. Use this new override_exprs flag to dump the dynset expression override to userspace.
This simplifies the existing logic and it also fixes a bug with the connlimit expression which results in a module refcount imbalance WARNING splat when resorting on the default set expressions.
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Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/109bf28a90ac365ec4d25622c50959bb43b35ed4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cbf6da967ec8c6e8278b70353b712980a12d848
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04d1930072e694d9d03bfefdb7e1ebdc872a3d0c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6b56b8d549a043b6c8ff616db8748263eae05ae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e7fb6801d9cc826adcdb7fa0533c397730657f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43559058d21e0493aa220ac167e0279334dea5f9
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