Bug 2525500 (CVE-2026-80636) - CVE-2026-80636 kernel: netfilter: conntrack: revert ct extension genid infrastructure
Summary: CVE-2026-80636 kernel: netfilter: conntrack: revert ct extension genid infras...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-80636
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-28 07:48 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-31 09:12 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-28 07:48:12 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: conntrack: revert ct extension genid infrastructure

This infrastructure is not used anymore after moving ct timeout and
helper to use datapath refcount to track object use.

Revert commit c56716c69ce1 ("netfilter: extensions: introduce extension
genid count") this patch disables all ct extensions (leading to NULL)
for unconfirmed conntracks, when this is only targeted at ct helper and
ct timeout. There is also codebase that dereferences the ct extension
without checking for NULL which could lead to crash.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-08-31 09:04:20 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026082840-CVE-2026-80636-32e4@gregkh/T


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