GHSA-7m9q-85qj-rc4g · Severity: unknown — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: synproxy: add...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: synproxy: add mutex to guard hook reference counting As the synproxy infrastructure register netfilter hooks on-demand when a user adds the first iptables target or nftables expression, if done concurrently they can race each other. Introduce a mutex to serialize the refcount control blocks access from both frontends. While a per namespace mutex might be more efficient, it is not needed for target/expression like SYNPROXY.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-53269 is rated Low Risk (6.8/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-25 | — | 0.17% | — |
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GHSA-7m9q-85qj-rc4g · Severity: unknown — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: synproxy: add...
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
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debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2026-53269 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 3, resolved 2. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-53269 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53269 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2026-53269 medium priority: Ubuntu including 161 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1449 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1045, ignored 172, needed 119, released 87, not-affected 23, needs-triage 3. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-53269 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.3, < 5.10.259 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.3, < 5.15.210 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.3, < 6.1.176 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.3, < 6.6.143 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.3, < 6.12.94 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.3, < 6.18.36 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.3, < 7.0.13 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.3, < 7.1 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |