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 Changelog-Zusammenfassung: 5.10.272 (longterm, Branch 5.10)
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Veröffentlicht: 2026-10-15
Quelle: https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.272

3 Commits, davon ca. 2 Fixes

Meistbetroffene Bereiche:
  ipv4: 2
  netfilter: 1

KI-Zusammenfassung:
  Linux kernel 5.10.272 (longterm) was primarily a maintenance and stability release focused on fixing memory safety and networking issues. Among the security-relevant fixes, the most notable addressed a use-after-free vulnerability in IPv4 by ensuring inet_opt and ireq_opt structures are freed only after an RCU grace period, preventing potential exploitation of freed memory. Another key fix validated the checksum_start field before completing checksum calculations in IPv4 processing, guarding against malformed packet handling that could lead to memory corruption. Additionally, a netfilter fix resolved a regression in nfnetlink_queue that had broken SCTP traffic handling, restoring proper packet queue functionality for that protocol.

Alle Änderungen (3):
  - ipv4: free inet_opt and ireq_opt after an RCU grace period
  - ipv4: validate checksum_start before completing checksum
  - netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: unbreak SCTP traffic