CVE-2026-23391

Name	CVE-2026-23391
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: xt_CT: drop pending enqueued packets on template removal Templates refer to objects that can go away while packets are sitting in nfqueue refer to: - helper, this can be an issue on module removal. - timeout policy, nfnetlink_cttimeout might remove it. The use of templates with zone and event cache filter are safe, since this just copies values. Flush these enqueued packets in case the template rule gets removed.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	5.10.251-1	vulnerable
	bookworm	6.1.159-1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.164-1	vulnerable
	trixie	6.12.73-1	vulnerable
	trixie (security)	6.12.74-2	vulnerable
	forky, sid	6.19.8-1	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
linux	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)

https://git.kernel.org/linus/f62a218a946b19bb59abdd5361da85fa4606b96b (7.0-rc5)