CVE-2026-53349 - Vulnerability Details

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29d8cc44bbdf7b83a1929912214afe6643c1b4f1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d017671dcfcec23321fb7962dea624f9e71ddb1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf8c0b5dd203be94c2ad50e264cec19267c6bd39
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3009418f9fa1dcb3eb86f4d8c92583537b5faa3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f92c90a2a3e6ff6f9f7fe88fde9004b4ca8f956d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbfde85308b99938a6092c48753214d190ece48d

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_conntrack: destroy stale expectfn expectations on unregister NAT helpers such as nf_nat_h323 store a raw pointer to module text in exp->expectfn (e.g. ip_nat_q931_expect). nf_ct_helper_expectfn_unregister() only unlinks the callback descriptor and never walks the expectation table, so an expectation pending at module removal survives with a dangling exp->expectfn into freed module text. When the expected connection arrives, init_conntrack() invokes exp->expectfn(), now a stale pointer into the unloaded module. Reproduced on a KASAN build by loading the H.323 helpers, creating a Q.931 expectation, unloading nf_nat_h323, then connecting to the expected port: Oops: int3: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI RIP: 0010:0xffffffffa06102d1 init_conntrack.isra.0 (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:1862) nf_conntrack_in (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:2049) ipv4_conntrack_local (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c:223) nf_hook_slow (net/netfilter/core.c:619) __ip_local_out (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:120) __tcp_transmit_skb (net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1715) tcp_connect (net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:4374) tcp_v4_connect (net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:345) __sys_connect (net/socket.c:2167) Modules linked in: nf_conntrack_h323 [last unloaded: nf_nat_h323] Reaching the dangling state requires CAP_SYS_MODULE in the initial user namespace to remove a NAT helper that still has live expectations, so this is a robustness fix; leaving an expectation pointing at freed text is wrong regardless. Add nf_ct_helper_expectfn_destroy(), which walks the expectation table and drops every expectation whose ->expectfn matches the descriptor being torn down. Call it from each NAT helper's exit path after the existing RCU grace period, so no expectation outlives the code it points at and no extra synchronize_rcu() is introduced. With the fix, the same reproducer runs to completion without the Oops.
Title		netfilter: nf_conntrack: destroy stale expectfn expectations on unregister
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29d8cc44bbdf7b83a1929912214afe6643c1b4f1 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d017671dcfcec23321fb7962dea624f9e71ddb1 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf8c0b5dd203be94c2ad50e264cec19267c6bd39 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3009418f9fa1dcb3eb86f4d8c92583537b5faa3 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f92c90a2a3e6ff6f9f7fe88fde9004b4ca8f956d https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbfde85308b99938a6092c48753214d190ece48d

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