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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 8.2/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- May 8, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 19, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified