In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netlink: avoid hashing the network namespace pointer The netlink…
CVE-2026-99201
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netlink: avoid hashing the network namespace pointer The netlink rhashtable key includes a raw struct net pointer and a user-controlled port ID. Both /proc/net/netlink and socket diagnostics expose the table's bucket order. By binding and rebinding chosen NETLINKUSERSOCK port IDs, an unprivileged reader can distinguish equal buckets and recover the low bits of the Jenkins hash. Its 32-bit seed and the limited set of kernel-image slides can then be searched offline to recover the address of initnet. Use the namespace's unique, non-address netcookie in the comparison key instead. It is assigned before the per-net initializers run and remains unchanged for the namespace's lifetime. The lookup key and object hash are still built by netlinkcomparearginit(), keeping lookup, insertion, removal and rehashing consistent while preserving namespace separation. Neither public table walker needs to change. Reading the socket's namespace cookie in netlinkcompare() is safe under RCU, including during namespace teardown. netlinkrelease() removes the socket from the hash table and defers its final put with callrcu(). cleanupnet()…
Assessment
- CVSS
- Not yet scored
- Severity
- Unscored
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 28 October 2026
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
At the source
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/078deff25f8a849ecd1c3fe17b1e473b1cf44f28
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18edcb9945118beb7a1b64a31a7370ecab485a79
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41a2f69f091b0765f17890d8ac04852c12f25cf6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdd55b8a8acbf6b4840ab420eb6a63774bf4593b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c03fb9c4be3b2dd0996d91e54f65407f7f475238
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c61431f3b8c9824e9848a0308054f92b27fa7794
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f88bb3606e4bd11ee035b682cddc2999e604609a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8d2690f3c5dfad1fc306f6d5d84a1d3176c3af9
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