High 7.1Published Sep 17, 2026

CVE-2026-90062netfilter: nf_tables: move hardware offload step after building the chain blob

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 2:23 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: move hardware offload step after building the chain blob Allocate the chain blob before the ruleset offload to reduce chances of entering an inconsistent state where the offloaded ruleset in the nic and the software ruleset differ.

CVSS: 7.1 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from c9626a2cbdb20e26587b3fad99960520a023432b before 923f824f30faebc5560c3061a595063cecdbdbb8; from c9626a2cbdb20e26587b3fad99960520a023432b before 6e7ad6e69be4751ab2476042c70c600bdaa8d4f2; from c9626a2cbdb20e26587b3fad99960520a023432b before 309acbab74e46114246bf4346c9b60b3d8cb4fcd; from c9626a2cbdb20e26587b3fad99960520a023432b before 79eafe22ab0a650996da2b3e5d94a12c3e16f3aa; from c9626a2cbdb20e26587b3fad99960520a023432b before 52febaf1d311d6ede312b2ec7692a309714f9554; from c9626a2cbdb20e26587b3fad99960520a023432b before d5497644329d3a01e951aba76561bbd883ff6b0c; from c9626a2cbdb20e26587b3fad99960520a023432b before 6a7d3b074cfbb64513f5f92d60ab1b216ae98076; from c9626a2cbdb20e26587b3fad99960520a023432b before b1881d362e1924b66f6016c3efd28807032b41bf	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/923f824f30faebc5560c3061a595063cecdbdbb8
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e7ad6e69be4751ab2476042c70c600bdaa8d4f2
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/309acbab74e46114246bf4346c9b60b3d8cb4fcd
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79eafe22ab0a650996da2b3e5d94a12c3e16f3aa
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52febaf1d311d6ede312b2ec7692a309714f9554
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5497644329d3a01e951aba76561bbd883ff6b0c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a7d3b074cfbb64513f5f92d60ab1b216ae98076
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1881d362e1924b66f6016c3efd28807032b41bf

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