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          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: nf_flow_table: drop existing skb dst before skb_dst_set_noref()\n\nIncoming skbs passing through netfilter flowtable offload hooks (or XFRM\noffload path) might already carry a ref-counted dst_entry assigned during\nearlier RX or routing steps.\n\nCalling skb_dst_set_noref() when skb already holds a ref-counted dst\noverwrites skb-\u003e_skb_refdst, leaking the previous dst_entry reference\ncount and triggering a DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE assertion in\nskb_dst_check_unset():\n\n  WARNING: at skb_dst_check_unset include/linux/skbuff.h:1170\n  WARNING: at skb_dst_set_noref include/linux/skbuff.h:1234\n  WARNING: at nf_flow_offload_ip_hook+0xf6c/0x2b60 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c:864\n\nDrop any existing dst_entry reference with skb_dst_drop(skb) before\nsetting the non-referenced flowtable destination."
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              "value": "AV:N - The bug fires in nf_flow_offload_ip_hook on NF_NETDEV_INGRESS when remotely sourced IPv4/IPv6 packets matching an offloaded flow are received on nftables flowtable-bound interfaces, not via netlink configuration APIs.\nAC:L - Once a flowtable ingress hook and offloaded TCP/UDP flow exist, an attacker can reliably send matching traffic that reaches FLOW_OFFLOAD_XMIT_NEIGH or the XFRM offload path with a ref-counted skb dst; syzbot reproduced this without uncontrollable races.\nPR:N - Exploitation requires only sending network traffic through an already deployed nftables flow-offload path on an ingress device; no local account, authentication, or CAP_NET_ADMIN on the victim is needed to trigger the leak.\nUI:N - No victim interaction is required beyond normal network delivery; packets are processed automatically in softirq on the netdev ingress netfilter hook without opening files or mounting filesystems.\nS:U - Impact is confined to kernel refcount imbalance and availability degradation on the affected host; this is standard in-kernel compromise territory, not a VM escape, IOMMU bypass, or other cross-authority scope change.\nC:N - The flaw leaks a dst_entry reference by overwriting skb-\u003e_skb_refdst without releasing the prior dst; it does not expose kernel memory or provide an arbitrary read primitive.\nI:N - No unauthorized data modification occurs; the skb is forwarded using the intended flowtable destination while the previous dst reference is orphaned, not corrupted into a controllable write primitive.\nA:H - Each matching packet leaks a dst_entry refcount on the flowtable fast path, enabling sustained unauthenticated remote memory exhaustion on high-volume routers; CONFIG_DEBUG_NET builds also emit WARN_ON_ONCE during the overwrite."
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