CVE-2026-90061

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90061
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90061.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-90061
Downstream
Published
2026-09-17T16:05:45Z
Modified
2026-09-18T03:48:34Z
Summary
netfilter: nf_tables: skip double clone set expressions on element insert
Details

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.

Database specific
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    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/90xxx/CVE-2026-90061.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
65038428b2c6c5be79d3f78a6b79c0cdc3a58a41
Fixed
1e7fb6801d9cc826adcdb7fa0533c397730657f2
Fixed
43559058d21e0493aa220ac167e0279334dea5f9

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90061.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.7.0
Fixed
7.2.6

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90061.json"