CVE-2024-26924EPSS p54.3%
CVE-2024-26924CVE-2024-26924
linux / linux_kernel
Description
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 100 ms
...
add_elem("0000000X") timeout 100 ms
del_elem("0000000X") <---------------- delete one that was just added
...
add_elem("00005000") timeout 100 ms
1) nft_pipapo_remove() removes element 0000000X
Then, KASAN shows a splat.
Looking at the remove function there is a chance that we will drop a
rule that maps to a non-deactivated element.
Removal happens in two steps, first we do a lookup for key k and return the
to-be-removed element and mark it as inactive in the next generation.
Then, in a second step, the element gets removed from the set/map.
The _remove function does not work correctly if we have more than one
element that share the same key.
This can happen if we insert an element into a set when
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.84% probability of exploitation · percentile 54.3% · 2026-08-05T12:04:55Z |
| Last modified | 2026-08-04 |