High 7.8Published Aug 15, 2026

CVE-2026-72434netfilter: ipset: make sure gc is properly stopped

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 4:10 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ipset: make sure gc is properly stopped Sashiko noticed that when destroying a set, cancel_delayed_work_sync() was called while gc calls queue_delayed_work() unconditionally which can lead not to properly shutting down the gc.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Received
Record last updated: Oct 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465 before c940d1b96248c3081b664ede5418078bdc7c8c07; from f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465 before 12088da6add5b003657c8506c5b0fcef835083b8; from f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465 before c78bd5195a5998094a5866df702fbeafda60dafb; from f66ee0410b1c3481ee75e5db9b34547b4d582465 before 4a597a87e2e2f608edb6be2c510dc826b4fdfb53; 5dd9488ae41070b69d2f4acb580f77db5705f9ca; a469bab3386aebff33c59506f3a95e35b91118fd; from 5.4.24 before 5.5; from 5.5.8 before 5.6	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c940d1b96248c3081b664ede5418078bdc7c8c07
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12088da6add5b003657c8506c5b0fcef835083b8
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c78bd5195a5998094a5866df702fbeafda60dafb
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a597a87e2e2f608edb6be2c510dc826b4fdfb53

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