Bug 2492718 (CVE-2026-53269) - CVE-2026-53269 kernel: netfilter: synproxy: add mutex to guard hook reference counting
Summary: CVE-2026-53269 kernel: netfilter: synproxy: add mutex to guard hook reference...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-53269
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-06-25 10:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-26 09:38 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-25 10:02:08 UTC
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.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-06-26 09:36:38 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026062518-CVE-2026-53269-bb6e@gregkh/T


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