Answer in brief
CVE-2026-97608 records a High severity (CVSS 7.0) vulnerability in netfilter: nf_log: unregister loggers before per-net teardown. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.0. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=5b023fc8d8e0997e0b7ea6506d243afd5478c96e <eaec35fae8f2052c1878a5c7cc7699d8357d79f2 || >=5b023fc8d8e0997e0b7ea6506d243afd5478c96e <64803ba0a05791cf9ca874466480e4c4cadaf7ab || >=5b023fc8d8e0997e0b7ea6506d243afd5478c96e <dce24f3a146948595bb1b86347f31e20b4975daa || >=5b023fc8d8e0997e0b7ea6506d243afd5478c96e <2c018cc4842c33f0c732962e2ab58635e8ae5823 | eaec35fae8f2052c1878a5c7cc7699d8357d79f2, 64803ba0a05791cf9ca874466480e4c4cadaf7ab, dce24f3a146948595bb1b86347f31e20b4975daa, 2c018cc4842c33f0c732962e2ab58635e8ae5823 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 3.10 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Sep 25, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 25, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 25, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_log: unregister loggers before per-net teardown nf_log_syslog and nfnetlink_log unregister their per-network namespace operations before unregistering their global logger backends. This leaves a window where a sysctl or netlink writer can rebind the still- registered logger after the per-net pre-exit callback cleared the old selection. The race looks like this: CPU 0 CPU 1 ---- ---- unregister_pernet_subsys() nf_log_unset(net, logger) net->nf.nf_loggers[pf] = NULL lock nf_log_mutex find logger in loggers[][] net->nf.nf_loggers[pf] = logger unlock nf_log_mutex nf_log_unregister(logger) lock nf_log_mutex loggers[pf][type] = NULL unlock nf_log_mutex synchronize_rcu() module exit returns module core frees backend memory Later, a sysctl read or packet logging operation can dereference the stale per-net logger pointer. Fix this by unregistering the global logger backends before tearing down per-net state. Once the global registrations are gone, later writers can no longer rebind the logger. unregister_pernet_subsys() already waits for an RCU grace period after the pre-exit callback clears the per-net selection, while nf_log_unregister() continues to cover readers of the global logger table. Apply this ordering fix to both nf_log backends that combine per-net teardown with global logger registration.
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