CVE-2024-26581

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s Netfilter subsystem. This issue occurs in the nft_set_rbtree. rbtree lazy gc on insert, which might collect an end interval element just added in a transaction and skip the end interval elements not yet active.

Only privileged user (with access to NetFilter) can trigger this bug. The bug actual only for latest versions of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

1. This flaw can be mitigated by preventing the affected netfilter (nf_tables) kernel module from being loaded. For instructions on how to blacklist a kernel module, please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278.

2. If the module cannot be disabled, on non-containerized deployments of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the mitigation is to disable user namespaces:

# echo "user.max_user_namespaces=0" > /etc/sysctl.d/userns.conf
# sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/userns.conf

On containerized deployments such as Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, do not use the second mitigation (disabling user namespaces) as the functionality is needed to be enabled. The first mitigation (blacklisting nf_tables) is still viable for containerized deployments, providing the environment is not using netfilter.