NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package kernel-rt-modules (opens in a new tab)
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-KERNELRTMODULES-18946136
- published19 Aug 2026
- disclosed15 Aug 2026
Introduced: 15 Aug 2026
CVE-2026-72254 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-modules package and not the kernel-rt-modules package as distributed by RHEL.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nft_fib: reject fib expression on the netdev egress hook
A fib expression in a netdev egress base chain dereferences nft_in(pkt), NULL on the transmit path, causing a NULL pointer dereference at eval. nft_fib_validate() masks the hook with NF_INET_* values, but netdev hook numbers are a separate enum that aliases them (NF_NETDEV_EGRESS == NF_INET_LOCAL_IN), so an egress chain passes validation and then faults.
Add nft_fib_netdev_validate() that limits each result/flag to the netdev hook where the device it reads exists: the input-device cases (OIF, OIFNAME, ADDRTYPE with F_IIF) to ingress, the output-device case (ADDRTYPE with F_OIF) to egress, ADDRTYPE with no device flag to both. Also restrict nft_fib_validate() to NFPROTO_IPV4/IPV6/INET so its NF_INET_* masks are not applied to another family's hooks.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2516308
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-72254
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fee43759b489559a491f7c95f9bfa7a1d0c7a10
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/568931f26af4727a51e8521f72efbc78d3b82410
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d01c913febead04a01a5f3a6374d1f45504dc523
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d07955dd34ecae17d35d8c7d0a273a3fba653a8c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f68305267ebda7e839b5e8f77e8d77535a3d5a0f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1258a6da042c0c283dcf5c581acb318db29c760a