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CVE-2026-72423

HIGH 8.8

bpf: Guard conntrack opts error writes

CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Guard conntrack opts error writes The conntrack lookup and allocation kfuncs take an opts pointer together with an opts__sz argument. The verifier checks only the memory range described by opts__sz, but the wrappers unconditionally write opts->error whenever the internal lookup or allocation helper returns an error. For an invalid size smaller than the end of opts->error, that write can land outside the verifier-checked range. Keep returning NULL for invalid arguments, but only report the error through opts->error when the supplied size includes the field. This preserves error reporting for the supported 12-byte and 16-byte layouts, and for other invalid sizes that still include opts->error.

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Product linux
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Published Aug 15, 2026
Last Updated Oct 30, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
b4c2b9593a1c4c3a718370e34af28e817fd5e5c6 < 6fd973def4d6cb89aaf7e9b6bc26cac977f6da13 b4c2b9593a1c4c3a718370e34af28e817fd5e5c6 < 669bc3b345712112d3f033a1953f5a10b15e7c65 b4c2b9593a1c4c3a718370e34af28e817fd5e5c6 < 63d95c6bbd6fc0e411404188306a1fea456300b0 b4c2b9593a1c4c3a718370e34af28e817fd5e5c6 < 453f4f1e90de55b6bc297936031b68bef93f2e28 b4c2b9593a1c4c3a718370e34af28e817fd5e5c6 < dd74c80203842a21b2ebb9f70d1260d9aa20fa05 b4c2b9593a1c4c3a718370e34af28e817fd5e5c6 < 6f6183a39533d727deaa5061cadae6dd9e6744d0
Linux / Linux
5.18

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fd973def4d6cb89aaf7e9b6bc26cac977f6da13 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/669bc3b345712112d3f033a1953f5a10b15e7c65 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63d95c6bbd6fc0e411404188306a1fea456300b0 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/453f4f1e90de55b6bc297936031b68bef93f2e28 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd74c80203842a21b2ebb9f70d1260d9aa20fa05 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f6183a39533d727deaa5061cadae6dd9e6744d0