CVE-2024-35839 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel netfilter bridge path. While an skb awaits ARP resolution in a neighbour ARP queue, its skb device can differ from the neighbour device, including when a DNATed packet is bridged between virtual Ethernet interfaces. The bridge Netfilter metadata retained a raw physical-input net_device reference. That device could be freed while the queued skb remained reachable because neighbour-device cleanup does not necessarily remove skbs queued against another device. Subsequent bridge transmission could restore skb->dev from the stale reference and dereference it. The fix replaces the stored net_device pointer with an interface index and performs an RCU-safe device lookup; packets are dropped when the original device is unavailable.
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Linux kernel netfilter bridge interface-reference handling flaw.
Linux kernel netfilter bridge handling flaw involving nf_bridge_info fixed in the Red Hat kernel-rt update.
Linux kernel netfilter bridge issue involving replacement of physindev with physinif in nf_bridge_info.
Linux kernel Netfilter bridge interface-reference handling flaw.
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