Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_counter: serialize reset with spinlock Add a global static spinlock to serialize counter fetch+reset operations, preventing concurrent dump-and-reset from underrunning values. The lock is taken before fetching the total so that two parallel resets cannot both read the same counter values and then both subtract them. A global lock is used for simplicity since resets are infrequent. If this becomes a bottleneck, it can be replaced with a per-net lock later.
CVSS 5.5EPSS 0.155%Risk 0.56
View source- Published
- 2026-05-27 14:17:03
- Affected versions
- unknown
- Type
- Core software
- Last modified
- 2026-08-03 10:16:28
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Operating systems
- Linux