{"id":"CVE-2026-98792","published":"2026-10-18T16:17:33.183","lastModified":"2026-10-19T10:19:43.223","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: flowtable: generalize pending status bit\n\nRename NF_FLOW_HW_PENDING to NF_FLOW_PENDING and use it to inhibit the\nflowtable GC worker until pending hw offload work has been completed.\n\nApparently, nf_flow_offload_stats() can schedule work to retrieve stats\nwhile the flow is being removed by GC.\n\nAnd this bit can also be used in a follow up patch to disable GC until\nthe flow has been fully added in both directions.\n\nRevert the reordering done in commit d644b23afe1e (\"netfilter:\nflowtable: publish HW_DEAD after worker is done\") to prevent a race\nbetween GC and hw offload handler.","cvssScore":null,"cvssSeverity":null,"cvssVector":null,"cwes":[],"vendors":[],"products":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4033e1a9262c57dfbfc594a591a50fcba63c531a","tags":[]},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d52b72f3aa68ad0536444e36530bda75070194c","tags":[]},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c549fb7eecd01fdba7c0d12c01da876ef8a3214","tags":[]},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2cac45848d1cf31ed190db30f90ba8211e9a8ca","tags":[]}],"exploitRefs":[],"hasPoc":false,"ai":null}