CVE-2026-72434 (GCVE-0-2026-72434)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-15 05:56
Modified
2026-10-16 18:55
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ipset: make sure gc is properly stopped Sashiko noticed that when destroying a set, cancel_delayed_work_sync() was called while gc calls queue_delayed_work() unconditionally which can lead not to properly shutting down the gc.
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Linux Linux Version: f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465
Version: f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465
Version: f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465
Version: f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465
Version: 5dd9488ae41070b69d2f4acb580f77db5705f9ca
Version: a469bab3386aebff33c59506f3a95e35b91118fd
Version: 5.4.24   ≤
Version: 5.5.8   ≤
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