{"cve":"CVE-2026-45860","nvd":{"published":"2026-05-27T14:16:58.187","modified":"2026-10-19T20:18:20.140","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: nf_conncount: increase the connection clean up limit to 64\n\nAfter the optimization to only perform one GC per jiffy, a new problem\nwas introduced. If more than 8 new connections are tracked per jiffy the\nlist won't be cleaned up fast enough possibly reaching the limit\nwrongly.\n\nIn order to prevent this issue, only skip the GC if it was already\ntriggered during the same jiffy and the increment is lower than the\nclean up limit. In addition, increase the clean up limit to 64\nconnections to avoid triggering GC too often and do more effective GCs.\n\nThis has been tested using a HTTP server and several\nperformance tools while having nft_connlimit/xt_connlimit or OVS limit\nconfigured.\n\nOutput of slowhttptest + OVS limit at 52000 connections:\n\n slow HTTP test status on 340th second:\n initializing:        0\n pending:             432\n connected:           51998\n error:               0\n closed:              0\n service available:   YES","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-400"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0792ad077d776c2dcf20f0484e2461ded1b77a24","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0af0812baf2d363176c9b76fc07e33f13aede8db","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13eede458fdf231f1bf96a398feea4ad1553f14c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21d033e472735ecec677f1ae46d6740b5e47a4f3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d0994ed0aa1fc0a2c5e620b765e8defdd021bff"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-45860","score":0.00745,"percentile":0.54499,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}