CVE-2026-43060 — netfilter: nft_ct: drop pending enqueued packets on removal
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_ct: drop pending enqueued packets on removal Packets sitting in nfqueue might hold a referen…
Published: 2026-05-05 · CVSS: 7.8 · CVSS 3.1
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_ct: drop pending enqueued packets on removal Packets sitting in nfqueue might hold a reference to: - templates that specify the conntrack zone, because a percpu area is used and module removal is possible. - conntrack timeout policies and helper, where object removal leave a stale reference. Since these objects can just go away, drop enqueued packets to avoid stale reference to them. If there is a need for finer grain removal, this logic can be revisited to make selective packet drop upon dependencies.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7