Critical severity · published Aug 26, 2026
CVE-2026-74746
netfilter: flowtable: publish GC-visible tuple last
9.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: flowtable: publish GC-visible tuple last
nf_flow_table_iterate() only treats original-direction tuple nodes as
owning entries. Publishing the original node first lets GC observe and
free a flow while flow_offload_add() is still inserting the reply node.
Publish the reply node first and the original node last so GC never
sees a partially installed flow.
KASAN can trigger slab-use-after-free read and write reports in the
flowtable/rhashtable path (rht_deferred_worker, jhash, flow_offload_del,
flow_offload_lookup, etc.).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
ac2a66665e231847cab11b8c8e844ce43207dd2e before 0a00254585827f1695aa2700114af622ea754cfa; ac2a66665e231847cab11b8c8e844ce43207dd2e before be345dcbddb4643a54252b954af974b16eda8f91; ac2a66665e231847cab11b8c8e844ce43207dd2e before 211ee5d998d92a7d548811939c65942d06c146e4; ac2a66665e231847cab11b8c8e844ce43207dd2e before d37917e7bebe078f3c17e47fd6fc1c9f6e8497b2; ac2a66665e231847cab11b8c8e844ce43207dd2e before 972fdf7c4f5c282a239c88fea614b056c33dc025; ac2a66665e231847cab11b8c8e844ce43207dd2e before d9d3050a70efe217e73a0751e55fdae6a7092620; +3 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74746
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74746
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a00254585827f1695aa2700114af622ea754cfa
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2014ac62df9d45bb9a004a043e85df7be09ed780
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/211ee5d998d92a7d548811939c65942d06c146e4
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/972fdf7c4f5c282a239c88fea614b056c33dc025
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be345dcbddb4643a54252b954af974b16eda8f91
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d16b71231e65cb05daea2b45701fcf09cef041e7
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