CVE-2026-43329

HIGH

netfilter: flowtable: strictly check for maximum number of actions

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: flowtable: strictly check for maximum number of actions The maximum number of flowtable hardware offload actions in IPv6 is: * ethernet mangling (4 payload actions, 2 for each ethernet address) * SNAT (4 payload actions) * DNAT (4 payload actions) * Double VLAN (4 vlan actions, 2 for popping vlan, and 2 for pushing) for QinQ. * Redirect (1 action) Which makes 17, while the maximum is 16. But act_ct supports for tunnels actions too. Note that payload action operates at 32-bit word level, so mangling an IPv6 address takes 4 payload actions. Update flow_action_entry_next() calls to check for the maximum number of supported actions. While at it, rise the maximum number of actions per flow from 16 to 24 so this works fine with IPv6 setups.

References (22)

Core 22
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 3.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-770
Status published
Products (24)
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.168linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.15.203linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.22linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 6.19.12linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.134linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.81linux
Linux/Linux < 5.5
Linux/Linux 5.15.203 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.5
Linux/Linux 6.1.168 - 6.1.*
... and 14 more
Published May 08, 2026
Tracked Since May 08, 2026