In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_flow_table: drop existing skb dst before skb_dst_set_noref() Incoming skbs passing through netfilter flowtable offload hooks (or XFRM offload path) might already carry a ref-counted dst_entry assigned during earlier RX or routing steps. Calling skb_dst_set_noref() when skb already holds a ref-counted dst overwrites skb->_skb_refdst, leaking the previous dst_entry reference count and triggering a DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE assertion in skb_dst_check_unset(): WARNING: at skb_dst_check_unset include/linux/skbuff.h:1170 WARNING: at skb_dst_set_noref include/linux/skbuff.h:1234 WARNING: at nf_flow_offload_ip_hook+0xf6c/0x2b60 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_ip.c:864 Drop any existing dst_entry reference with skb_dst_drop(skb) before setting the non-referenced flowtable destination.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 5
- StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-21 12:46
- References+2 references (now 5)NVD modified 2026-10-21 13:19
- StatusPublished → ReceivedNVD modified 2026-10-21 13:19
- StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-21 12:46
- First seenCVSS 7.5NVD modified 2026-10-14 13:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12afa450a6a6c0cce2c42b7545a9958f62d8a00c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/274f544a32c08638ee887f2e27e3235b6b1237d4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4db3b48a966ed479b99cc8319ea9e46d4f7c703b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/538e67e8c7889cf5f93951f5309d1bcb41f86036
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8aecf0bbcc72605592134c917c222207d8f63ab0