CVE-2026-74660
HighCVSS 7.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs
Summary
A vulnerability in the Linux kernel netfilter ebt_nflog module leads to a use-after-free condition. The issue arises from not holding a reference to the NFLOG logging module, allowing an ebtables rule to be invoked after per-net data has been freed by nfnetlink_log. An attacker could exploit this to corrupt kernel memory.
Risk Assessment
The vulnerability could cause kernel panics or potentially privilege escalation in environments where ebtables rules are available. Organizations using ebtables and nfnetlink_log should urgently update the kernel.
Recommendation
Apply the patches provided by your Linux distribution and update the kernel to a fixed version immediately. Until then, avoid using ebt_nflog rules in combination with unloading the nfnetlink_log module.
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Original NVD description (English source)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ebt_nflog: pin the NFLOG backend nf_log_unregister() runs after the per-net teardown so its final RCU grace period also drains readers that obtained the logger from a per-net binding. However, ebt_nflog passes an explicit ULOG log type to nf_log_packet() without holding a reference on the selected logger module, unlike the xt_NFLOG and nft_log frontends. An ebtables nflog rule can therefore remain callable while nfnetlink_log is unloaded. The resulting interleaving is: CPU 0 CPU 1 nfnetlink_log_fini() unregister_pernet_subsys() kfree(nfnl_log_pernet(net)) ebt_nflog_tg() nf_log_packet() nfulnl_log_packet() instance_lookup_get_rcu() The global ULOG logger is still registered at this point, so CPU 1 dereferences the per-net state after CPU 0 has freed it. KASAN reported: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in instance_lookup_get_rcu Read of size 8 at addr ff110001052e6210 by task poc/92 Call Trace: instance_lookup_get_rcu+0x1ce/0x1f0 [nfnetlink_log] nfulnl_log_packet+0x248/0x2fb0 [nfnetlink_log] nf_log_packet+0x204/0x300 ebt_nflog_tg+0x351/0x550 ebt_do_table+0xedf/0x22b0 Allocated by task 90: __kmalloc_noprof+0x186/0x470 ops_init+0x6d/0x420 register_pernet_operations+0x2f6/0x670 register_pernet_subsys+0x23/0x40 Freed by task 93: kfree+0x131/0x3c0 ops_undo_list+0x3e3/0x700 unregister_pernet_operations+0x232/0x490 unregister_pernet_subsys+0x1c/0x30 nfnetlink_log_fini+0x34/0x450 [nfnetlink_log] Acquire the ULOG logger module reference when an ebt_nflog rule is validated and release it when the rule is destroyed. Request the NFLOG backend for legacy callers when needed, matching xt_NFLOG. This prevents module teardown until all ebt_nflog rules have stopped using the logger.
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