CVE-2026-52988 (GCVE-0-2026-52988)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-06-24 16:29
Modified
2026-10-19 19:47
Severity ?
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: join hook list via splice_list_rcu() in commit phase Publish new hooks in the list into the basechain/flowtable using splice_list_rcu() to ensure netlink dump list traversal via rcu is safe while concurrent ruleset update is going on.
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Linux Linux Version: 78d9f48f7f44431a25da2b46b3a8812f6ff2b981
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Version: 78d9f48f7f44431a25da2b46b3a8812f6ff2b981
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