CVE-2024-26834

netfilter: nft_flow_offload: release dst in case direct xmit path is used

Published Apr 17, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nft_flow_offload: release dst in case direct xmit path is used

Direct xmit does not use it since it calls dev_queue_xmit() to send
packets, hence it calls dst_release().

kmemleak reports:

unreferenced object 0xffff88814f440900 (size 184):
comm "softirq", pid 0, jiffies 4294951896
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 60 5b 04 81 88 ff ff 00 e6 e8 82 ff ff ff ff .`[.............
21 0b 50 82 ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 !.P.............
backtrace (crc cb2bf5d6):
[<000000003ee17107>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x286/0x340
[<0000000021a5de2c>] dst_alloc+0x43/0xb0
[<00000000f0671159>] rt_dst_alloc+0x2e/0x190
[<00000000fe5092c9>] __mkroute_output+0x244/0x980
[<000000005fb96fb0>] ip_route_output_flow+0xc0/0x160
[<0000000045367433>] nf_ip_route+0xf/0x30
[<0000000085da1d8e>] nf_route+0x2d/0x60
[<00000000d1ecd1cb>] nft_flow_route+0x171/0x6a0 [nft_flow_offload]
[<00000000d9b2fb60>] nft_flow_offload_eval+0x4e8/0x700 [nft_flow_offload]
[<000000009f447dbb>] expr_call_ops_eval+0x53/0x330 [nf_tables]
[<00000000072e1be6>] nft_do_chain+0x17c/0x840 [nf_tables]
[<00000000d0551029>] nft_do_chain_inet+0xa1/0x210 [nf_tables]
[<0000000097c9d5c6>] nf_hook_slow+0x5b/0x160
[<0000000005eccab1>] ip_forward+0x8b6/0x9b0
[<00000000553a269b>] ip_rcv+0x221/0x230
[<00000000412872e5>] __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0xfe/0x110

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2026, 11:27 AM
Reserved
Feb 19, 2024, 2:20 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 17, 2024, 10:15 AM
Modified
Aug 4, 2026, 11:17 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Apr 17, 2024, 12:00 AM