CVE-2026-43452

HIGH

netfilter: x_tables: guard option walkers against 1-byte tail reads

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: x_tables: guard option walkers against 1-byte tail reads When the last byte of options is a non-single-byte option kind, walkers that advance with i += op[i + 1] ? : 1 can read op[i + 1] past the end of the option area. Add an explicit i == optlen - 1 check before dereferencing op[i + 1] in xt_tcpudp and xt_dccp option walkers.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.2
EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 20.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (20)
Linux/Linux < 2.6.16
Linux/Linux 2.6.16
Linux/Linux 2e4e6a17af35be359cc8f1c924f8f198fbd478cc - 5b18b8b35c7cded2d17b2b2604c9b0694ff48d1c
Linux/Linux 2e4e6a17af35be359cc8f1c924f8f198fbd478cc - 9b94f0e42ed248eb31929da84ed9f5310d7ff540
Linux/Linux 2e4e6a17af35be359cc8f1c924f8f198fbd478cc - ae1e1267650638136b84c23f2b31250f0ccb6823
Linux/Linux 2e4e6a17af35be359cc8f1c924f8f198fbd478cc - bc18551c6169eac5ed813778d3e3e484002dbbe5
Linux/Linux 2e4e6a17af35be359cc8f1c924f8f198fbd478cc - c2a445367a496a3c25dbc940c10c8bd1cfd4c14a
Linux/Linux 2e4e6a17af35be359cc8f1c924f8f198fbd478cc - c39f84e4be1be63fc60ca7141ea7b76edcea5907
Linux/Linux 2e4e6a17af35be359cc8f1c924f8f198fbd478cc - cfe770220ac2dbd3e104c6b45094037455da81d4
Linux/Linux 2e4e6a17af35be359cc8f1c924f8f198fbd478cc - d04800323336eebf441d153f43234eac9b833d36
... and 10 more
Published May 08, 2026
Tracked Since May 08, 2026