{"id":"CVE-2026-98792","summary":"netfilter: flowtable: generalize pending status bit","details":"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.","modified":"2026-10-19T02:47:24.856251900Z","published":"2026-10-18T15:48:31.098Z","database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98792.json"},"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4033e1a9262c57dfbfc594a591a50fcba63c531a"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d52b72f3aa68ad0536444e36530bda75070194c"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c549fb7eecd01fdba7c0d12c01da876ef8a3214"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2cac45848d1cf31ed190db30f90ba8211e9a8ca"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98792.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98792"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"2c8897953f3b2ff5498f3f275708a742bfcdbc24"},{"fixed":"4d52b72f3aa68ad0536444e36530bda75070194c"},{"fixed":"4033e1a9262c57dfbfc594a591a50fcba63c531a"},{"fixed":"a2cac45848d1cf31ed190db30f90ba8211e9a8ca"},{"fixed":"7c549fb7eecd01fdba7c0d12c01da876ef8a3214"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98792.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.113"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.18.56"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.19.0"},{"fixed":"7.2.10"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98792.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}