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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_conncount: update last_gc only when GC has been performed Currently last_gc is being updated everytime a new connection is tracked, that means that it is updated even if a GC wasn't performed. With a sufficiently high packet rate, it is possible to always bypass the GC, causing the list to grow infinitely. Update the last_gc value only when a GC has been actually performed.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-13 | Published 2026-02-14 | Updated 2026-02-14 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

f106694733c66a48740c25bc4e212e9b2ea364ce (git) before 2c7c71113ed6d3e2f3aca4c088f22283016ff34f
affected

be69850b461e7b491d87a22e33ab76fdd04b725e (git) before c4cde57c8affdcca5bcff53a1047e15d268bdca1
affected

d265929930e2ffafc744c0ae05fb70acd53be1ee (git) before 9f45588993d7f115280fc726119ca86fba32a811
affected

d265929930e2ffafc744c0ae05fb70acd53be1ee (git) before 3cd717359e56f82f06cbf8279b47a7d79880c6f3
affected

d265929930e2ffafc744c0ae05fb70acd53be1ee (git) before 26a82dce2beee39c43c109d9647e16f49cb02a35
affected

d265929930e2ffafc744c0ae05fb70acd53be1ee (git) before 8bdafdf4900040a81422056cabe5e00a37bd101a
affected

d265929930e2ffafc744c0ae05fb70acd53be1ee (git) before 7811ba452402d58628e68faedf38745b3d485e3c
affected

Default status
affected

5.19
affected

Any version before 5.19
unaffected

6.1.161 (semver)
unaffected

6.6.121 (semver)
unaffected

6.12.66 (semver)
unaffected

6.18.6 (semver)
unaffected

6.19 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/2c7c71113ed6d3e2f3aca4c088f22283016ff34f

git.kernel.org/...c/c4cde57c8affdcca5bcff53a1047e15d268bdca1

git.kernel.org/...c/9f45588993d7f115280fc726119ca86fba32a811

git.kernel.org/...c/3cd717359e56f82f06cbf8279b47a7d79880c6f3

git.kernel.org/...c/26a82dce2beee39c43c109d9647e16f49cb02a35

git.kernel.org/...c/8bdafdf4900040a81422056cabe5e00a37bd101a

git.kernel.org/...c/7811ba452402d58628e68faedf38745b3d485e3c

cve.org (CVE-2026-23139)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-23139)

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