{"cve":"CVE-2024-42109","nvd":{"published":"2024-07-30T08:15:03.407","modified":"2026-08-04T11:19:34.947","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: nf_tables: unconditionally flush pending work before notifier\n\nsyzbot reports:\n\nKASAN: slab-uaf in nft_ctx_update include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h:1831\nKASAN: slab-uaf in nft_commit_release net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:9530\nKASAN: slab-uaf int nf_tables_trans_destroy_work+0x152b/0x1750 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:9597\nRead of size 2 at addr ffff88802b0051c4 by task kworker/1:1/45\n[..]\nWorkqueue: events nf_tables_trans_destroy_work\nCall Trace:\n nft_ctx_update include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h:1831 [inline]\n nft_commit_release net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:9530 [inline]\n nf_tables_trans_destroy_work+0x152b/0x1750 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:9597\n\nProblem is that the notifier does a conditional flush, but its possible\nthat the table-to-be-removed is still referenced by transactions being\nprocessed by the worker, so we need to flush unconditionally.\n\nWe could make the flush_work depend on whether we found a table to delete\nin nf-next to avoid the flush for most cases.\n\nAFAICS this problem is only exposed in nf-next, with\ncommit e169285f8c56 (\"netfilter: nf_tables: do not store nft_ctx in transaction objects\"),\nwith this commit applied there is an unconditional fetch of\ntable->family which is whats triggering the above splat.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09e650c3a3a7d804430260510534ccbf71c75b2e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3325628cb36b7f216c5716e7b5124d9dc81199e4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c06c13317b9a08decedcd7aaf706691e336277c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55a40406aac555defe9bdd0adec9508116ce7cb1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f6958ba2e902f9820c594869bd710ba74b7c4c0"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:53:51.317825789+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-42109","score":0.00249,"percentile":0.16316,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}