CVE-2026-43060

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_ct: drop pending enqueued packets on removal Packets sitting in nfqueue might hold a reference to: - templates that specify the conntrack zone, because a percpu area is used and module removal is possible. - conntrack timeout policies and helper, where object removal leave a stale reference. Since these objects can just go away, drop enqueued packets to avoid stale reference to them. If there is a need for finer grain removal, this logic can be revisited to make selective packet drop upon dependencies.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36eae0956f659e48d5366d9b083d9417f3263ddc	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3da0b946835f33bf36b459ead764c61a761e689b	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6802ff8beceb9c4254318e81c1395720438f2cc2	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77da55dee67720e2b8d2db49a53334e6c017ee7b	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a64e76933672b08bd85b63086f33432070fd729	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab50302190b303f847c4eba0e31a01a56dec596e	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e68a8db3a0546482b34e9ca5ca886bcf73eb37bb	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f29a055e4f593e577805b41228b142b58f48df1b	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1::::::
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	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4::::::

History

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Information

Published : 2026-05-05 16:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 10:48

NVD link : CVE-2026-43060

Mitre link : CVE-2026-43060

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-43060

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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