Microsoft advisory for CVE-2026-23272 — azl3 kernel
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Microsoft's advisory
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🎯 Affected products7
- azl3 kernel 6.6.126.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 kernel 6.6.130.1-3 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 kernel 6.6.134.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 kernel 6.6.137.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 kernel 6.6.138.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 kernel 6.6.139.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 kernel 6.6.141.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2026-23272
- EchelonGraph score
- 7.8 HIGH
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Fix status
- A fix is available — apply it.
Description from the CVE record (CVE.org), as published by its numbering authority
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: unconditionally bump set->nelems before insertion In case that the set is full, a new element gets published then removed without waiting for the RCU grace period, while RCU reader can be walking over it already. To address this issue, add the element transaction even if set is full, but toggle the set_full flag to report -ENFILE so the abort path safely unwinds the set to its previous state. As for element updates, decrement set->nelems to restore it. A simpler fix is to call synchronize_rcu() in the error path. However, with a large batch adding elements to already maxed-out set, this could cause noticeable slowdown of such batches.
Published by kernel.org, the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2026-23272, in its CVE record at CVE.org; reused under the CVE Program's Terms of Use (its licence and MITRE's copyright notice are in our Terms of Service).