Bug 2516410 (CVE-2026-72256) - CVE-2026-72256 kernel: netfilter: xt_cluster: reject template conntracks in hash match
Summary: CVE-2026-72256 kernel: netfilter: xt_cluster: reject template conntracks in h...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72256
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:11 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-18 17:52 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:11:02 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: xt_cluster: reject template conntracks in hash match

xt_cluster_mt() treats any non-NULL nf_ct_get() result as a fully
initialized conntrack and passes it to xt_cluster_hash().

This causes a state confusion bug when the raw table CT target attaches
a template conntrack to skb->_nfct before normal conntrack processing.
Templates carry IPS_TEMPLATE status but do not have a valid tuple for
hashing yet, so xt_cluster_hash() can hit its WARN_ON() path on the
zeroed l3num field.

Reject template conntracks before hashing them. This matches existing
netfilter handling for template objects and avoids hashing incomplete
conntrack state.


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