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Unscored CVE-2024-26910 EUVD-2024-24172GHSA-4p7x-7wc6-4gf5

netfilter: ipset: fix performance regression in swap operation

Published Apr 17, 2024 · Updated May 23, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.15 Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

netfilter: ipset: fix performance regression in swap operation

The patch "netfilter: ipset: fix race condition between swap/destroy
and kernel side add/del/test", commit 28628fa9 fixes a race condition.
But the synchronize_rcu() added to the swap function unnecessarily slows
it down: it can safely be moved to destroy and use call_rcu() instead.

Eric Dumazet pointed out that simply calling the destroy functions as
rcu callback does not work: sets with timeout use garbage collectors
which need cancelling at destroy which can wait. Therefore the destroy
functions are split into two: cancelling garbage collectors safely at
executing the command received by netlink and moving the remaining
part only into the rcu callback.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.4.264 – < 5.4.269, 5.10.204 – < 5.10.210, 5.15.143 – < 5.15.149, 6.1.68 – < 6.1.79, 6.6.7 – < 6.6.18, 4.19.302 – < 4.20, 6.7 5.4.269

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 6.7.7-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.7.7-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.82-1 —
Debian 11 linux 5.10.216-1 DSA-5681-1
Debian 10 linux-5.10 5.10.216-1~deb10u1 DLA-3842-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1043.45 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-106.116 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1061.67 USN-6766-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.5 6.5.0-1023.23~22.04.1 USN-6895-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1063.72 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.5 6.5.0-1024.25~22.04.1 USN-6895-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1063.72.1 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1059.67 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.5 6.5.0-1024.26~22.04.1 USN-6895-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1058.63 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1044.51 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.5 6.5.0-44.44~22.04.1 USN-6900-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1054.57 USN-6766-2, USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1057.63 USN-6795-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 6.5.0-44.44.1~22.04.1 USN-6895-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1054.55 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.5 6.5.0-1023.24 USN-6895-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oem-6.5 6.5.0-1027.28 USN-6895-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1059.65 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.5 6.5.0-1026.26~22.04.1 USN-6895-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +22 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-starfive-6.5 6.5.0-1017.18~22.04.1 USN-6895-3
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-181.201 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1124.134 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1061.67~20.04.1 USN-6766-3
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1129.136 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1063.72~20.04.1 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15 5.15.0-1063.72~20.04.1.1 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1084.91 USN-6767-2
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1128.137 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1059.67~20.04.1 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.4.0-1091.95 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop-5.15 5.15.0-1044.51~20.04.1 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-106.116~20.04.1 USN-6766-2, USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1071.76 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1054.57~20.04.1 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1058.64~20.04.1 USN-6828-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1036.37 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1112.119 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1123.132 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1059.65~20.04.1 USN-6766-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1108.120 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1057.61~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1043.47 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +13 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2001.1 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1054.56 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1062.70 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1061.67+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1063.72+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-106.116+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1059.67+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1124.134+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1129.136+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1098.108 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1128.137+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1124.134~18.04.1 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1129.136~18.04.1 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1128.137~18.04.1 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-181.201~18.04.1 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1071.76~18.04.1 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1123.132~18.04.1 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1108.120~18.04.1 USN-6767-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.79-99.164 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-549
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 6.1.79-99.164.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-549

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