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CVE-2026-72436

netfilter: ipset: Don't use test_bit() in lockless RCU readers in hash types PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ipset: Don't use test_bit() in lockless RCU readers in hash types Sashiko pointed out that there are a few lockless RCU readers using test_bit() which is a relaxed atomic operation and provides no memory barrier guarantees. Use test_bit_acquire() instead where the operation may run parallel with add/del/gc, i.e. is not one from the next cases - protected by region lock - in a set destroy phase - in a new/temporary set creation phase

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected 18f84d41d34fa35d0d64bbaea01fe664553ecc06 before c107233d2ff4fd7cef5d02f9124b99194957a710; affected 18f84d41d34fa35d0d64bbaea01fe664553ecc06 before 6329d3a9afe715fddda0460cfa46b496d61c2fe0; affected 18f84d41d34fa35d0d64bbaea01fe664553ecc06 before 7445fe965b7d8756070a40e80f8b73348ccda1d7; affected 18f84d41d34fa35d0d64bbaea01fe664553ecc06 before c4d257734e91bfcdc71d41843392dd6400b5bb1b; affected 18f84d41d34fa35d0d64bbaea01fe664553ecc06 before 3219d74e4536658c937fd878a327257b86ce80dd; affected 18f84d41d34fa35d0d64bbaea01fe664553ecc06 before e4b4984e28c16406ecb318444dea4a8bf47def3e
Linux / Linuxaffected 4.2; unaffected 0 before 4.2; unaffected 6.1.178 through 6.1.*; unaffected 6.6.145 through 6.6.*; unaffected 6.12.97 through 6.12.*; unaffected 6.18.40 through 6.18.*; unaffected 7.1.5 through 7.1.*; unaffected 7.2 through *

CWE

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References

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