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CVE-2026-98792

kernel: netfilter: flowtable: generalize pending status bit

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.9

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 18, 2026

Updated · October 24, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's netfilter flowtable component. This flaw allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) by crashing the operating system. A race condition exists between the connection cleanup worker and hardware offload handlers when background tasks run concurrently while expired network flows are being removed.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-366 · Race Condition within a Thread