CVE-2026-74624
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_conntrack: defer invalid log until after unlock
TCP and SCTP conntrack paths can emit invalid-packet logs while ct->lock
is still held.
When invalid logging is routed to nfnetlink_log and conntrack export is
enabled, the log path can re-enter conntrack netlink glue and dump the
same conntrack again. Protocol attribute dumping may take ct->lock, so
logging while holding that lock can deadlock.
Defer the TCP invalid logs by storing only the minimal log context while
ct->lock is held and emitting the log after unlocking. Also make the TCP
timeout-lowering invalid path return whether a log is needed, then emit
that log after unlocking.
Do the same for the SCTP invalid state-transition log that can be reached
while ct->lock is held.
Add a lockdep assertion to nf_ct_l4proto_log_invalid() so future callers
that log invalid conntracks while holding ct->lock are caught outside TCP
and SCTP as well.