Tracker / CVE-2026-43026
CVE-2026-43026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ctnetlink: zero expect NAT fields when CTA_EXPECT_NAT absent ctnetlink_alloc_expect() allocates expectations from a non-zeroing slab cache via nf_ct_expect_alloc(). When CTA_EXPECT_NAT is not present in the netlink message, saved_addr and saved_proto are never initialized. Stale data from a previous slab occupant can then be dumped to userspace by ctnetlink_exp_dump_expect(), which checks these fields to decide whether to emit CTA_EXPECT_NAT. The safe sibling nf_ct_expect_init(), used by the packet path, explicitly zeroes these fields. Zero saved_addr, saved_proto and dir in the else branch, guarded by IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_NAT) since these fields only exist when NAT is enabled. Confirmed by priming the expect slab with NAT-bearing expectations, freeing them, creating a new expectation without CTA_EXPECT_NAT, and observing that the ctnetlink dump emits a spurious CTA_EXPECT_NAT containing stale data from the prior allocation.
Prodotti e versioni affette
| linux | linux_kernel |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · 3.4 → 5.10.253 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.11 → 5.15.203 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.16 → 6.1.168 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.13 → 6.18.22 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.19 → 6.19.12 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.2 → 6.6.134 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.7 → 6.12.81 |