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netfilter: nf_dup_netdev: add nf_dev_xmit_recursion*() helpers and use them

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_dup_netdev: add nf_dev_xmit_recursion*() helpers and use them Update nft_dup and nft_fwd to use the nf_dev_xmit_recursion() helpers. This patch also disables BH when transmitting the skb to address a possible migration to different CPU leading to imbalanced decrementation of the recursion counters. This is modeled after Florian Westphal's dev_xmit_recursion*() API available since commit 97cdcf37b57e ("net: place xmit recursion in softnet data") according to its current state in the tree.

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CVE-2026-74260

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Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-74260

Linux

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Linux

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    "product": "Linux",
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        "status": "affected",
        "version": "f37ad91270397a6d053e8623bdb3cf79859691d2",
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        "versionType": "git"
      },
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      },
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        "status": "affected",
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        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ],
    "programFiles": [
      "include/net/netfilter/nf_dup_netdev.h",
      "net/netfilter/nf_dup_netdev.c",
      "net/netfilter/nft_fwd_netdev.c"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
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    "vendor": "Linux",
    "product": "Linux",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "6.16"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "6.16",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "6.18.57",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "7.1.5",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "7.2",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*"
      }
    ],
    "programFiles": [
      "include/net/netfilter/nf_dup_netdev.h",
      "net/netfilter/nf_dup_netdev.c",
      "net/netfilter/nft_fwd_netdev.c"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-74260

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high

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Event
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