UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23278

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23278

    Published: 20 Mar 2026Last Modified: 22 Sept 2026
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    Summary:

    Details: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: always walk all pending catchall elements During transaction processing we might have more than one catchall element: 1 live catchall element and 1 pending element that is coming as part of the new batch. If the map holding the catchall elements is also going away, its required to toggle all catchall elements and not just the first viable candidate. Otherwise, we get: WARNING: ./include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h:1281 at nft_data_release+0xb7/0xe0 [nf_tables], CPU#2: nft/1404 RIP: 0010:nft_data_release+0xb7/0xe0 [nf_tables] [..] __nft_set_elem_destroy+0x106/0x380 [nf_tables] nf_tables_abort_release+0x348/0x8d0 [nf_tables] nf_tables_abort+0xcf2/0x3ac0 [nf_tables] nfnetlink_rcv_batch+0x9c9/0x20e0 [..]

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-23278, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23278, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77c26b5056d693ffe5e9f040e946251cdb55ae55, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cb9a23d7ae40a702577d3d8bacb7026f04ac2a9, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de47a88c6b807910f05703fb6605f7efdaa11417, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8490-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8491-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8492-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8493-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8492-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8497-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8498-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8499-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8493-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8508-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8492-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8490-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8492-4, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8492-5, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8527-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8528-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8545-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8546-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8547-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8604-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8605-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8606-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8607-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8609-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8547-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8619-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-hwe-edge

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.8.0-28.30~16.04.1
    4.8.0-30.32~16.04.1
    4.8.0-32.34~16.04.1
    4.8.0-34.36~16.04.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High