{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-74660", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-08-15T05:44:03.924Z", "datePublished": "2026-08-22T15:32:33.677Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-16T19:16:07.659Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-25T05:41:14.285Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: ebt_nflog: pin the NFLOG backend\n\nnf_log_unregister() runs after the per-net teardown so its final RCU\ngrace period also drains readers that obtained the logger from a per-net\nbinding. However, ebt_nflog passes an explicit ULOG log type to\nnf_log_packet() without holding a reference on the selected logger module,\nunlike the xt_NFLOG and nft_log frontends.\n\nAn ebtables nflog rule can therefore remain callable while nfnetlink_log\nis unloaded. The resulting interleaving is:\n\n CPU 0 CPU 1\n nfnetlink_log_fini()\n unregister_pernet_subsys()\n kfree(nfnl_log_pernet(net))\n ebt_nflog_tg()\n nf_log_packet()\n nfulnl_log_packet()\n instance_lookup_get_rcu()\n\nThe global ULOG logger is still registered at this point, so CPU 1\ndereferences the per-net state after CPU 0 has freed it. KASAN reported:\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in instance_lookup_get_rcu\n Read of size 8 at addr ff110001052e6210 by task poc/92\n Call Trace:\n instance_lookup_get_rcu+0x1ce/0x1f0 [nfnetlink_log]\n nfulnl_log_packet+0x248/0x2fb0 [nfnetlink_log]\n nf_log_packet+0x204/0x300\n ebt_nflog_tg+0x351/0x550\n ebt_do_table+0xedf/0x22b0\n Allocated by task 90:\n __kmalloc_noprof+0x186/0x470\n ops_init+0x6d/0x420\n register_pernet_operations+0x2f6/0x670\n register_pernet_subsys+0x23/0x40\n Freed by task 93:\n kfree+0x131/0x3c0\n ops_undo_list+0x3e3/0x700\n unregister_pernet_operations+0x232/0x490\n unregister_pernet_subsys+0x1c/0x30\n nfnetlink_log_fini+0x34/0x450 [nfnetlink_log]\n\nAcquire the ULOG logger module reference when an ebt_nflog rule is\nvalidated and release it when the rule is destroyed. Request the NFLOG\nbackend for legacy callers when needed, matching xt_NFLOG. This prevents\nmodule teardown until all ebt_nflog rules have stopped using the logger." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The UAF is reached through ebtables setsockopt rule installation and nfnetlink_log module teardown (local administrative paths); per kernel CNA guidance, netfilter/ebtables bugs are scored Local even when bridge hook evaluation can be driven by forwarded frames.\nAC:L - The KASAN reproducer uses a deterministic two-thread race between nfnetlink_log_fini() module removal and concurrent bridge traffic through an active ebt_nflog rule; the attacker controls both the unload timing and packet generation without depending on uncontrollable victim state.\nPR:L - Installing an ebt_nflog rule requires CAP_NET_ADMIN in the socket network namespace, obtainable by unprivileged users via user+network namespaces (unshare -Urn); the documented PoC races module teardown concurrently with rule-driven traffic, matching standard CNA treatment for ebtables/netfilter paths.\nUI:N - No victim interaction is required beyond the attacker's own ebtables configuration, module unload coordination, and bridge traffic generation to hit the active nflog target during the teardown window.\nS:U - The slab use-after-free corrupts host kernel memory within the same security authority; this is not a VM escape, container breakout across an IOMMU boundary, or other cross-scope privilege transition.\nC:H - KASAN confirmed a slab use-after-free read in instance_lookup_get_rcu() against freed nfnl_log_pernet state; UAF on the per-net instance hash table enables attacker-influenced heap reads and disclosure of adjacent kernel memory contents.\nI:H - Use-after-free on the nfnl_log_pernet structure and nfulnl_instance objects provides standard heap grooming primitives; freed slab reuse can redirect subsequent logging operations into attacker-controlled data for arbitrary kernel writes or control-flow hijack.\nA:H - The UAF read on freed per-net logging state can immediately trigger a kernel BUG/oops (as reported by KASAN) and reliably causes denial of service; repeated bridge traffic during module teardown can panic the affected host." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "net/bridge/netfilter/ebt_nflog.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "c83fa19603bdaeef17b815713dbbe3230c8a34ee", "lessThan": "3bcce49d617c593c7606083bfdb464a1761fa68d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "c83fa19603bdaeef17b815713dbbe3230c8a34ee", "lessThan": "394d7939c6b2b9e6bea0844c89efb5913168d898", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "c83fa19603bdaeef17b815713dbbe3230c8a34ee", "lessThan": 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