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        "dateReserved": "2026-07-19T07:54:57.031Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-07-19T15:39:50.966Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:38:57.583Z"
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                            "value": "AV:L - The bug is reached through ebtables setsockopt/getsockopt administration syscalls (do_ebt_set_ctl/do_ebt_get_ctl), not through processing of remotely received network or bridge frames.\nAC:L - An attacker can reliably win the race by running concurrent threads—one issuing ebtables setsockopt to register or modify a table while another destroys the network namespace or triggers module teardown.\nPR:L - All entry paths require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the target network namespace, which an unprivileged local attacker can obtain via user+network namespaces (unshare -Urn).\nUI:N - Exploitation requires no action from any other user or administrator beyond the attacker’s own local namespace and sockopt operations.\nS:U - Impact is confined to kernel memory and privileges on the host; this is a standard kernel race/UAF issue, not a VM, container, or IOMMU boundary escape.\nC:H - The missing two-stage removal allows concurrent setsockopt to use an ebt_table while __ebt_unregister_table() frees its backing structures, creating a use-after-free that can be leveraged for arbitrary kernel memory disclosure.\nI:H - The teardown race and partially-initialized table exposure enable heap use-after-free conditions that can be developed into arbitrary kernel memory writes or code execution via heap grooming.\nA:H - The NULL ops race causes a general protection fault in nf_unregister_net_hooks(), and the concurrent teardown UAF can trigger kernel oops, panic, or denial of service."
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