CVE-2026-98624

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98624
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98624.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-98624
Downstream
Published
2026-10-18T15:19:45Z
Modified
2026-10-19T02:46:55Z
Summary
netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: hold nfnl mutex in event notifier
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: hold nfnl mutex in event notifier

We must serialize the release notifier and the config netlink function. A concurrent thread can issue close() which can call the release function while unrelated socket processes UNBIND request for same portid:

Oops: general protection fault, [..] RIP: 0010:__instance_destroy+0x60/0x210 [nfnetlink_queue] Call Trace: nfqnl_recv_config+0x9b0/0xdc0 [nfnetlink_queue] nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7c2/0xeb0 ? __pfx_nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10

After this, parallel UNBIND and URELEASE events are impossible.

This change isn't nice, but its the shortest fix given instances are not refcounted and the nfnetlink config callback drops the rcu read lock early due to need for sleeping allocations.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98624.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
7af4cc3fa158ff1dda6e7451c7e6afa6b0bb85cb
Fixed
46432f2e76f7c385d82506304a2928e7d293289f
Fixed
597320337c3da06c92a9e95cfc755da66fedc476
Fixed
2e9be1302f25c9be51c2fb8c907bc6d8a1050e33
Fixed
d559e06a5ab7c064100aafd5c826eadd0f1c6216
Fixed
1d1184411599a7c2217560bab3bbe641c6d03b95
Fixed
07a3ec8fdc5a1267c00cd6fd1cf8bbb5cda913c1
Fixed
8137a39e08e838ced234044384740ceeb99ed388
Fixed
9461613afc59acef44a0071b0dd5075f6e993ffe

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98624.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.6.14
Fixed
5.10.271
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.222
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.189
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.158
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.112
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.55
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.2.9

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98624.json"