CVE-2026-53269 — netfilter: synproxy: add mutex to guard hook reference counting
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: synproxy: add mutex to guard hook reference counting As the synproxy infrastructure register net…
Published: 2026-06-25 · CVSS: Unscored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: synproxy: add mutex to guard hook reference counting As the synproxy infrastructure register netfilter hooks on-demand when a user adds the first iptables target or nftables expression, if done concurrently they can race each other. Introduce a mutex to serialize the refcount control blocks access from both frontends. While a per namespace mutex might be more efficient, it is not needed for target/expression like SYNPROXY.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7