Bug 2559579 (CVE-2026-98899) - CVE-2026-98899 kernel: netfilter: ipset: mark the rcu locked areas properly
Summary: CVE-2026-98899 kernel: netfilter: ipset: mark the rcu locked areas properly
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98899
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-10-23 12:12 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-11-09 14:52 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-23 12:12:56 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: ipset: mark the rcu locked areas properly

When we bump the uref counter, there's no need to keep
the rcu lock because the referred hash table can't
disappear. Also, from the same reason in mtype_gc we
need the rcu lock and not a spinlock.


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