CVE-2026-53269
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Synproxy Hook Reference Counting Race Condition in Linux Kernel
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-53269, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-06-25
Last updated on: 2026-07-08
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: synproxy: add mutex to guard hook reference counting
As the synproxy infrastructure register netfilter hooks on-demand when a
user adds the first iptables target or nftables expression, if done
concurrently they can race each other.
Introduce a mutex to serialize the refcount control blocks access from
both frontends. While a per namespace mutex might be more efficient, it
is not needed for target/expression like SYNPROXY.
CVSS Scores
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Meta Information
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.16 (inc) to 6.1.176 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.2 (inc) to 6.6.143 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.11 (inc) to 5.15.210 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.13 (inc) to 6.18.36 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.7 (inc) to 6.12.94 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.19 (inc) to 7.0.13 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.3 (inc) to 5.10.259 (exc) |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-UNKNOWN |
