Local privilege escalation via ebtables teardown race
Published Jul 19, 2026 · Updated Jul 19, 2026
A teardown race in Linux Kernel allows local users to gain kernel privileges through ebtables administration syscalls. Concurrent setsockopt or getsockopt handling can retain an ebt_table while __ebt_unregister_table frees its backing structures, causing a kernel use-after-free. The path requires CAP_NET_ADMIN in the target network namespace, which unprivileged local users can obtain through user and network namespaces; successful exploitation permits kernel memory disclosure, modification or code execution, while failed attempts can panic the host.
Summary
What happened
A teardown race in Linux Kernel allows local users to gain kernel privileges through ebtables administration syscalls. Concurrent setsockopt or getsockopt handling can retain an ebt_table while __ebt_unregister_table frees its backing structures, causing a kernel use-after-free. The path requires CAP_NET_ADMIN in the target network namespace, which unprivileged local users can obtain through user and network namespaces; successful exploitation permits kernel memory disclosure, modification or code execution, while failed attempts can panic the host.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-64077
- Published
- Jul 19, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 19, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux Kernel
- Classifications
- T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 19, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 19, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.15
- Affected versionversion=87663c39f898b18905499126548da61450628682 <739d5dac7b2da44a756aa4d758ee3f1ccf5a27f1
- Affected versionversion=87663c39f898b18905499126548da61450628682 <b7f0544d86d439cb946515d2ef6a0a75e8626710
- Affected versionversion=87663c39f898b18905499126548da61450628682 <ef395579a7631a06d61969fc712eb80402231b89
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