Bug 2525374 (CVE-2026-80664) - CVE-2026-80664 kernel: netfilter: xt_nat: reject unsupported target families
Summary: CVE-2026-80664 kernel: netfilter: xt_nat: reject unsupported target families
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-80664
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2026-08-28 07:41 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-03 15:37 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-28 07:41:43 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: xt_nat: reject unsupported target families

xt_nat SNAT and DNAT target handlers assume IP-family conntrack state
is present and can dereference a NULL pointer when instantiated from an
unsupported family through nft_compat. A bridge-family compat rule can
therefore trigger a NULL-dereference in nf_nat_setup_info().

Reject non-IP families in xt_nat_checkentry() so unsupported targets
cannot be installed. Keep NFPROTO_INET allowed for valid inet NAT
compat users and leave the runtime fast path unchanged.

[ The crash was fixed via
  9dbba7e694ec ("netfilter: nft_compat: ebtables emulation must reject non-bridge targets"),
  so this patch is no longer critical.
  Nevertheless, NAT is only relevant for ipv4/ipv6, so this extra
  family check is a good idea in any case. ]


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