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        "cveId": "CVE-2024-50212",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2024-10-21T19:36:19.971Z",
        "datePublished": "2024-11-09T10:14:24.249Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T20:47:35.662Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nlib: alloc_tag_module_unload must wait for pending kfree_rcu calls\n\nBen Greear reports following splat:\n ------------[ cut here ]------------\n net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.c:1114 module nf_nat func:nf_nat_register_fn has 256 allocated at module unload\n WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 10421 at lib/alloc_tag.c:168 alloc_tag_module_unload+0x22b/0x3f0\n Modules linked in: nf_nat(-) btrfs ufs qnx4 hfsplus hfs minix vfat msdos fat\n...\n Hardware name: Default string Default string/SKYBAY, BIOS 5.12 08/04/2020\n RIP: 0010:alloc_tag_module_unload+0x22b/0x3f0\n  codetag_unload_module+0x19b/0x2a0\n  ? codetag_load_module+0x80/0x80\n\nnf_nat module exit calls kfree_rcu on those addresses, but the free\noperation is likely still pending by the time alloc_tag checks for leaks.\n\nWait for outstanding kfree_rcu operations to complete before checking\nresolves this warning.\n\nReproducer:\nunshare -n iptables-nft -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp\ngrep nf_nat /proc/allocinfo # will list 4 allocations\nrmmod nft_chain_nat\nrmmod nf_nat                # will WARN.\n\n[akpm@linux-foundation.org: add comment]"
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