CVE-2024-35839 is a memory-lifetime flaw in the Linux kernel Netfilter bridge path. A packet may be queued in a neighbor ARP queue whose associated network device differs from the packet's original device, such as during destination-NAT bridging between virtual Ethernet interfaces. The bridge metadata retained a direct physical-input net_device reference. Because that device can be freed without cleanup of packets queued on a different device's neighbor queue, subsequent packet processing can restore and dereference a stale device pointer, causing a kernel crash. The fix replaces the stored device pointer with an interface index and performs an RCU-safe device lookup; packets are dropped if the device is no longer present.
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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.
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