CVE-2026-72418

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In this scenario, the connection tracking entry\nis evaluated as already confirmed. Previously, __nf_conncount_add()\nassumed that if a connection was confirmed and did not originate from\nthe loopback interface, it should skip the addition and return -EEXIST.\n\nSkipping the addition triggers a garbage collection run that cleans up\nthe TIME_WAIT connection. Consequently, the active connection count\ndrops to 0, which xt_connlimit mishandles, leading to the false rejection\nof the perfectly valid new connection.\n\nFix this by replacing the interface check with protocol-agnostic state\nchecks. We now skip the tree insertion and preserve the lockless garbage\ncollection optimization only if the connection is IPS_ASSURED. This\nallows early-confirmed setup packets (such as reused TIME_WAIT sockets\nor locally generated SYN-ACKs) to be properly evaluated and counted\nwithout falsely dropping. The goto check_connections path is maintained\nto ensure these setup packets are deduplicated correctly.\n\nThis has been tested with slowhttptest and HTTP server configured\nlocally to ensure we are not breaking soft-limiting scenarios for local\nor external connections. 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