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CVE-2026-53220
Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: revalidate bridge ports

ebt_redirect_tg() dereferences br_port_get_rcu() return without a
NULL check, causing a kernel panic when the bridge port has been
removed between the original hook invocation and an NFQUEUE
reinject.

A mere NULL check isn't sufficient, however. As sashiko review
points out userspace can not only remove the port from the bridge,
it could also place the device in a different virtual device, e.g.
macvlan.

If this happens, we must drop the packet, there is no way for us to
reinject it into the bridge path.

Switch to _upper API, we don't need the bridge port structure.
Also, this fix keeps another bug intact:

Both nfnetlink_log and nfnetlink_queue use CONFIG_BRIDGE_NETFILTER
too aggressive, which prevents certain logging features when queueing
in bridge family: NETFILTER_FAMILY_BRIDGE can be enabled while the old
CONFIG_BRIDGE_NETFILTER cruft is off.

Fixes tag is a common ancestor, this was always broken.

Publication Date June 25, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
Registration Date June 27, 2026, 4:27 a.m.
Last Update June 25, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
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