CVE-2024-27011: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: fix memleak in map from abort path The delete set command does not r

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: fix memleak in map from abort path The delete set command does not r

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: fix memleak in map from abort path The delete set command does not rely on the transaction object for element removal, therefore, a combination of delete element + delete set from the abort path could result in restoring twice the refcount of the mapping. Check for inactive element in the next generation for the delete element command in the abort path, skip restoring state if next generation bit has been already cleared. This is similar to the activate logic using the set walk iterator. [ 6170.286929] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 6170.286939] WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 790302 at net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:2086 nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x1f7/0x220 [nf_tables] [ 6170.287071] Modules linked in: [...] [ 6170.287633] CPU: 6 PID: 790302 Comm: kworker/6:2 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc3+ #365 [ 6170.287768] RIP: 0010:nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x1f7/0x220 [nf_tables] [ 6170.287886] Code: df 48 8d 7d 58 e8 69 2e 3b df 48 8b 7d 58 e8 80 1b 37 df 48 8d 7d 68 e8 57 2e 3b df 48 8b 7d 68 e8 6e 1b 37 df 48 89 ef eb c4 <0f> 0b 48 83 c4 08 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3 cc cc cc cc 0f [ 6170.287895] RSP: 0018

Description from the National Vulnerability Database, published by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

What it means for a small business

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How likely is an attack? The Exploit Prediction Scoring System, run by FIRST (the global association of security response teams), puts the odds of this one being exploited in the next 30 days at 0.23%, higher than 14% of CVEs. That’s low, but low isn’t zero, and the odds jump the day someone publishes an exploit. Scored October 29, 2026, updated daily.

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