CVEvulnerability

CVE-2025-71146

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2026-01-23 Modified 2026-07-30 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2026-01-23
Last modified
2026-07-30
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_conncount: fix leaked ct in error paths There are some situations where ct might be leaked as error paths are skipping the refcounted check and return immediately. In order to solve it make sure that the check is always called.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 6.17.13 < 6.18) • linux linux kernel 6.12.63 • linux linux kernel 6.18.2 • linux linux kernel 6.19

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness

References