Tracker / CVE-2026-53218
CVE-2026-53218
Medium 5.5
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_exthdr: fix register tracking for F_PRESENT flag nft_exthdr_init() passes user-controlled priv->len to nft_parse_register_store(), which marks that many bytes in the register bitmap as initialized. However, when NFT_EXTHDR_F_PRESENT is set, the eval paths write only 1 byte (nft_reg_store8) or 4 bytes (*dest = 0 on TCP/DCCP error path). When len > 4, registers beyond the first are never written, retaining uninitialized stack data from nft_regs. Bail out if userspace requests too much data when F_PRESENT is set.
Affected products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · 4.11 → 5.10.259 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.11 → 5.15.210 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.16 → 6.1.176 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.13 → 6.18.36 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.19 → 7.0.13 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.2 → 6.6.143 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.7 → 6.12.94 |
Analysis
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