Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-53267

Linux Linux

netfilter: nft_ct: bail out on template ct in get eval

CVSS 3.1
7.8High

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_ct: bail out on template ct in get eval I noticed this issue while looking at a historic syzbot report [1]. A rule like the one below is enough to trigger the bug: table ip t { chain pre { type filter hook prerouting priority raw; ct zone set 1 ct original saddr 1.2.3.4 accept } } The first expression attaches a per-cpu template ct via nft_ct_set_zone_eval() (nf_ct_tmpl_alloc -> kzalloc, tuple is all zero, nf_ct_l3num(ct) == 0). The next expression then calls nft_ct_get_eval() on the same skb, treats the template as a real ct and hits the 16-byte memcpy path. With dreg at NFT_REG32_15 this overflows past struct nft_regs on the kernel stack; with smaller dreg values it silently clobbers adjacent registers. Reject template ct at the eval entry and in nft_ct_get_fast_eval(), mirroring the check nft_ct_set_eval() already has. Additionally, bound the address copy in NFT_CT_SRC / NFT_CT_DST by priv->len instead of by nf_ct_l3num(ct): nf_ct_get_tuple() zeroes the tuple before pkt_to_tuple() fills in only the protocol-relevant leading bytes, so the trailing bytes of tuple->{src,dst}.u3.all are well-defined zero. priv->len is validated at rule load, so the copy size is now bounded by the destination register rather than by an untrusted field on the conntrack. [1]: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=389cf09cb72926114fce90dc85a2c3231dcb647c

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
7.8High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Linux) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Linux Linux 4.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 45d9bcda21f4c13be75e3571b0f0ef39e77934b5 ≤ v < af80f78ce984649e1698b841cd33f4fa505ad828 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 45d9bcda21f4c13be75e3571b0f0ef39e77934b5 ≤ v < 8470f676eadeab99132708acb1a85915664d6115 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 45d9bcda21f4c13be75e3571b0f0ef39e77934b5 ≤ v < 15bf8091f424f97ed8bfd2385f9fca3203f27be2 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 45d9bcda21f4c13be75e3571b0f0ef39e77934b5 ≤ v < 2e154b5f53f1b0b490c7b8b02499f90feb86b1d5 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 45d9bcda21f4c13be75e3571b0f0ef39e77934b5 ≤ v < 3027ecbdb5fdf9200251c21d4818e4c447ef78e1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 45d9bcda21f4c13be75e3571b0f0ef39e77934b5 ≤ v < f071b0bf078146368d18e4eec386bf2ddc0ab7e0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-06-25
Last updated
2026-10-30
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
Linux

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.12%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
1.9%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-121
    Stack-based Buffer Overflow