In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: bpf: defer hook memory release until rcu readers are done
Yiming Qian reports UaF when concurrent process is dumping hooks via
nfnetlink_hooks:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in nfnl_hook_dump_one.isra.0+0xe71/0x10f0
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888003edbf88 by task poc/79
Call Trace:
<TASK>
nfnl_hook_dump_one.isra.0+0xe71/0x10f0
netlink_dump+0x554/0x12b0
nfnl_hook_get+0x176/0x230
[..]
Defer release until after concurrent readers have completed.
CVE-2026-23412
NONE
EPSS 0.02%
Updated Apr 02, 2026
Linux
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24f90fa3994b992d1a09003a3db2599330a5232a
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54244d54a971c26a0cd0a9073460ff71f3c51b32
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c25e0dec366ae99b7264324ce3c7cbaea34691f9
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb2bf5efdb02a2a59faf603604a1066e8266f349
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d016c216bc75c45128160593a77b864a04dbe7c0
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVE Details
CVE ID
CVE-2026-23412
Published Date
Apr 02, 2026
Vendor
Linux
Severity
NONE
Exploit Prediction (EPSS)
Probability of Exploit
0.02%
Likelihood of exploitation in next 30 days
Percentile:
4.6th percentile (higher than 4.6% of all CVEs)
Standard patching cycle
Impact
Minimal impact
Source
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