CVE-2026-98321

Name	CVE-2026-98321
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_nat: unregister and release hooks on error If nf_hook_entries_insert_raw() fails, the NAT hooks get never released, resulting in a memleak. Postpone setting nat_proto_net->nat_hook_ops when the hooks are registered to simplify the error path to decide whether the nat hooks need unwinding.
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)	bookworm	6.1.176-1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.190-1	vulnerable
	trixie	6.12.107-1	vulnerable
	trixie (security)	6.12.113-1	vulnerable
	forky, sid	7.2.12-1	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
linux	source	(unstable)	7.2.8-1

https://git.kernel.org/linus/cbdd39ce42530a193c56beb206a3356cb6d01016 (7.3-rc4)