A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Linux Kernel up to 6.18.32/7.0.9/7.1-rc1. Impacted is the function list_del_rcu of the component netfilter. The manipulation results in privilege escalation.

This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-46324. The attack needs to be approached within the local network. There is no available exploit.

Upgrading the affected component is recommended.