System interruption via unprotected flowtable traversal
Published May 19, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Race condition in affected Linux kernels allows local users to interrupt the system through concurrent nf_tables flowtable operations. __nft_flowtable_type_get() traverses nf_tables_flowtables without read-side protection while nft_unregister_flowtable_type() can remove an entry; the fix uses RCU traversal and locks the entire lookup. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access and a concurrent flowtable-type unregistration during new-flowtable processing.
Summary
What happened
Race condition in affected Linux kernels allows local users to interrupt the system through concurrent nf_tables flowtable operations. __nft_flowtable_type_get() traverses nf_tables_flowtables without read-side protection while nft_unregister_flowtable_type() can remove an entry; the fix uses RCU traversal and locks the entire lookup. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access and a concurrent flowtable-type unregistration during new-flowtable processing.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-35898
- Published
- May 19, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- Siemens
- Product
- SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem
- Classifications
- CWE-362, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
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- May 19, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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