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High USN-6872-2 4 CVEs

linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 vulnerabilities

Published Jul 4, 2024 · Updated Aug 6, 2026

Summary

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystem:
- Netfilter;
(CVE-2024-26809, CVE-2024-26643, CVE-2024-26925, CVE-2024-26924)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 6.5.0-42.42.1~22.04.1

Vulnerabilities 4

  • High 7.8

    netfilter: nf_tables: mark set as dead when unbinding anonymous set with timeout

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: mark set as dead when unbinding anonymous set with timeout While the rhashtable set gc runs asynchronously, a race allows it to collect elements from anonymous sets with…

  • High 7.8

    netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: release elements in clone only from destroy path

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: release elements in clone only from destroy path Clone already always provides a current view of the lookup table, use it to destroy the set, otherwise it is possib…

  • High 7.8

    netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: do not free live element

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: do not free live element Pablo reports a crash with large batches of elements with a back-to-back add/remove pattern. Quoting Pablo: add_elem("00000000") timeout 10…

  • High 7.8

    netfilter: nf_tables: release mutex after nft_gc_seq_end from abort path

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: release mutex after nft_gc_seq_end from abort path The commit mutex should not be released during the critical section between nft_gc_seq_begin() and nft_gc_seq_end(), o…

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-26643
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-26809
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-26924
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-26925