CVE-2026-43190
HIGHnetfilter: xt_tcpmss: check remaining length before reading optlen
Title source: cnaDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: xt_tcpmss: check remaining length before reading optlen Quoting reporter: In net/netfilter/xt_tcpmss.c (lines 53-68), the TCP option parser reads op[i+1] directly without validating the remaining option length. If the last byte of the option field is not EOL/NOP (0/1), the code attempts to index op[i+1]. In the case where i + 1 == optlen, this causes an out-of-bounds read, accessing memory past the optlen boundary (either reading beyond the stack buffer _opt or the following payload).
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
8.2
EPSS
0.0046
EPSS Percentile
37.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-125
Status
published
Products (27)
linux/Kernel
2.6.12 - 5.10.252linux
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.202linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 6.1.165linux
linux/Kernel
6.13.0 - 6.18.16linux
linux/Kernel
6.19.0 - 6.19.6linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.128linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.12.75linux
Linux/Linux
< 2.6.12
Linux/Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 07a9b32eaae792ff7d0fcac14d8920c937c0a9c3
Linux/Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 5e13d0a37666955b6cfddc0f73cb40ed645b8a05
... and 17 more
Published
May 06, 2026
Tracked Since
May 06, 2026