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 0.0044
EPSS Percentile 35.7%
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 (27)
linux/Kernel 2.6.16 - 5.10.253linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.203linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.167linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.19linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 6.19.9linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.130linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.78linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.16
Linux/Linux 2.6.16
Linux/Linux 2e4e6a17af35be359cc8f1c924f8f198fbd478cc - 5b18b8b35c7cded2d17b2b2604c9b0694ff48d1c
... and 17 more
Published May 08, 2026
Tracked Since May 08, 2026