CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-23139
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2026-02-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- 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
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_conncount: update last_gc only when GC has been performed
Currently last_gc is being updated everytime a new connection is
tracked, that means that it is updated even if a GC wasn't performed.
With a sufficiently high packet rate, it is possible to always bypass
the GC, causing the list to grow infinitely.
Update the last_gc value only when a GC has been actually performed.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.19 < 6.1.161)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.121)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.66)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.6)
• linux linux kernel 6.19
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26a82dce2beee39c43c109d9647e16f49cb02a35 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c7c71113ed6d3e2f3aca4c088f22283016ff34f Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cd717359e56f82f06cbf8279b47a7d79880c6f3 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7811ba452402d58628e68faedf38745b3d485e3c Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bdafdf4900040a81422056cabe5e00a37bd101a Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f45588993d7f115280fc726119ca86fba32a811 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4cde57c8affdcca5bcff53a1047e15d268bdca1 Patch