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CVE-2026-98491

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: openvswitch: conntrack: avoid modifying shared unconfirmed ct entry In a case where skb with an unconfirmed ct entry gets cloned, we may end up committing both but with different sets of extensions. The series of events: 1. The first clone wants to commit and runs the helpers wiring up the extension pointer into the expectation list. 2. Then it looses the confirmation keeping the entry unconfirmed. 3. Second clone now wants to commit labels and adds the new extension for that breaking the pointer in the expectation list causing UAF on the destruction path later. While this is possible to trigger, there should be no practical network pipeline where committing both clones without modifications into the same zone is needed. So, let's just reset the entry in case for some reason we got an skb with a shared one during commit. This doesn't affect any known use cases, but avoids any potential problems with sharing and modification of the unconfirmed ct entry. The fixes tag points to the introduction of helpers, since that's the main UAF trigger for the sharing.

Properties

Last source
FIRST EPSS
Nvd fetched at
2026-10-20T21:14:08.448323+00:00
Epss score
0.0021
Cve id
CVE-2026-98491
First seen by Signal
2026-10-18T18:05:58+00:00
Retrieved at
2026-10-21T01:24:51+00:00
Published at
2026-10-18T16:17:00.020
Last modified
2026-10-19T10:19:01.030
Epss percentile
0.10655

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