CVE-2025-38678
netfilter: nf_tables: reject duplicate device on updates
Vexday Risk Score
3Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS —EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
03 Sep 2025Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_tables: reject duplicate device on updates
A chain/flowtable update with duplicated devices in the same batch is
possible. Unfortunately, netdev event path only removes the first
device that is found, leaving unregistered the hook of the duplicated
device.
Check if a duplicated device exists in the transaction batch, bail out
with EEXIST in such case.
WARNING is hit when unregistering the hook:
[49042.221275] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 8425 at net/netfilter/core.c:340 nf_hook_entry_head+0xaa/0x150
[49042.221375] CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 8425 Comm: nft Tainted: G S 6.16.0+ #170 PREEMPT(full)
[...]
[49042.221382] RIP: 0010:nf_hook_entry_head+0xaa/0x150
Affected products
Linux · LinuxReferences
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0521e694d5b80899fba8695881a6349f9bc538cbhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f358a66a04513311668ea4b40f5064e253d8386https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4681960bc0f4f8bcc782cbf2fd205f48ad314dfdhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ce2a0c3b8497a66cfc25fc7ca3d087258a785d2https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf23d531a9d496863aa4c5a0e2f71f0a23f3df3chttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf5fb87fcdaaaafec55dcc0dc5a9e15ead343973https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7615bde541f16517d6790412da6ec46fa8a4c1f