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Medium · 6.2 CVE-2023-52925 EUVD-2023-59444GHSA-cgvr-gqfv-x5mj

netfilter: nf_tables: don't fail inserts if duplicate has expired

Published Feb 5, 2025 · Updated May 23, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nf_tables: don't fail inserts if duplicate has expired

nftables selftests fail:
run-tests.sh testcases/sets/0044interval_overlap_0
Expected: 0-2 . 0-3, got:
W: [FAILED] ./testcases/sets/0044interval_overlap_0: got 1

Insertion must ignore duplicate but expired entries.

Moreover, there is a strange asymmetry in nft_pipapo_activate:

It refetches the current element, whereas the other ->activate callbacks
(bitmap, hash, rhash, rbtree) use elem->priv.
Same for .remove: other set implementations take elem->priv,
nft_pipapo_remove fetches elem->priv, then does a relookup,
remove this.

I suspect this was the reason for the change that prompted the
removal of the expired check in pipapo_get() in the first place,
but skipping exired elements there makes no sense to me, this helper
is used for normal get requests, insertions (duplicate check)
and deactivate callback.

In first two cases expired elements must be skipped.

For ->deactivate(), this gets called for DELSETELEM, so it
seems to me that expired elements should be skipped as well, i.e.
delete request should fail with -ENOENT error.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.19.316 – < 4.20, 5.4.262 – < 5.5, 6.4.11 – < 6.4.12 4.20

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.4.13-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.4.13-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 +6 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +3 6.4.0-150600.23.42.2 SUSE-SU-2025:0856-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.31.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0847-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.18.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0784-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.42.2.150600.12.18.4 SUSE-SU-2025:0856-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-docs +2 6.4.0-150600.23.42.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0856-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1.150500.6.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +3 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2.150400.24.86.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-docs +2 5.14.21-150400.24.170.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
Show 14 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1.150500.6.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default +1 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2.150400.24.86.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-docs +2 5.14.21-150400.24.170.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-28.1.21.6 SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_6 +1 1-3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20260-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +4 6.4.0-28.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20260-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-28.1.21.6 SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_6 +1 1-3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20190-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +4 6.4.0-28.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20190-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1.150500.6.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.100.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02321-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-source +1 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-source-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02321-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2.150400.24.86.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.124.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02322-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2.150400.24.86.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.124.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02322-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.42.2 SUSE-SU-2025:0856-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_9 1-150600.1.3.2 SUSE-SU-2025:0955-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_9 1-150600.13.3.4 SUSE-SU-2025:0856-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_28 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1.150500.6.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +2 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2.150400.24.86.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-docs +2 5.14.21-150400.24.170.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.29.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0955-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default +1 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2.150400.24.86.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-syms +1 5.14.21-150400.24.170.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2.150400.24.86.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-syms +1 5.14.21-150400.24.170.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +4 6.4.0-150600.23.42.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0856-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-64kb +5 6.4.0-150600.23.42.2 SUSE-SU-2025:0856-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.31.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0847-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.42.2.150600.12.18.4 SUSE-SU-2025:0856-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.29.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0955-1

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