Bug 2536252 (CVE-2026-90061) - CVE-2026-90061 kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: skip double clone set expressions on element insert
Summary: CVE-2026-90061 kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: skip double clone set expression...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-90061
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-17 17:07 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-13 12:14 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-17 17:07:33 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nf_tables: skip double clone set expressions on element insert

Both the dynset and newsetelem path clone the existing set expressions
when setting set element expressions if no override expressions are
provided. This results in a double clone, once to clone the template set
expressions then another clone on the new element. Add a flag to
annotate if userspace provides a override expression (ie. expression of
the same type of the set but different configuration), otherwise borrow
the existing expression from the set. Add conditionals to release
expression iif they represent an override. Use this new override_exprs
flag to dump the dynset expression override to userspace.

This simplifies the existing logic and it also fixes a bug with the
connlimit expression which results in a module refcount imbalance
WARNING splat when resorting on the default set expressions.


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