Bug 2468215 (CVE-2026-43452) - CVE-2026-43452 kernel: netfilter: x_tables: guard option walkers against 1-byte tail reads
Summary: CVE-2026-43452 kernel: netfilter: x_tables: guard option walkers against 1-by...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-43452
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-05-08 15:05 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-09 00:41 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-08 15:05:12 UTC
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.


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