CVE-2026-43452 — netfilter: x_tables: guard option walkers against 1-byte tail reads
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-…
Published: 2026-05-08 · CVSS: 8.2 · CVSS 3.1
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7