CVE-2026-90062 (GCVE-0-2026-90062)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-17 16:05
Modified
2026-10-19 08:57
Severity ?
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: move hardware offload step after building the chain blob Allocate the chain blob before the ruleset offload to reduce chances of entering an inconsistent state where the offloaded ruleset in the nic and the software ruleset differ.
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Linux Linux Version: c9626a2cbdb20e26587b3fad99960520a023432b
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