CVE-2026-98251

Name	CVE-2026-98251
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: openvswitch: avoid reallocating confirmed conntrack labels ovs_ct_get_conn_labels() adds the labels extension when a conntrack entry does not have one. Confirmed conntracks can be read locklessly, so adding an extension may reallocate and free the extension block while another CPU accesses it. Only add the extension for unconfirmed conntracks. A confirmed conntrack without labels now fails the caller's label operation instead of reallocating its extension storage.
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)
References	DLA-4841-1, DLA-4850-1, DSA-6568-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bookworm	6.1.176-1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.190-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.107-1	vulnerable
	trixie (security)	6.12.113-1	fixed
	forky, sid	7.2.12-1	fixed
linux-6.12 (PTS)	bookworm (security)	6.12.113-1~deb12u1	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.190-1	DLA-4841-1
linux	source	trixie	6.12.113-1	DSA-6568-1
linux	source	(unstable)	7.2.8-1
linux-6.12	source	bookworm	6.12.113-1~deb12u1	DLA-4850-1

https://git.kernel.org/linus/3f118c8217c109fd13ca61caa301d72c483897ef (7.3-rc4)