Bug 2516308 (CVE-2026-72254) - CVE-2026-72254 kernel: netfilter: nft_fib: reject fib expression on the netdev egress hook
Summary: CVE-2026-72254 kernel: netfilter: nft_fib: reject fib expression on the netde...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72254
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:05 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-18 17:41 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:05:41 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nft_fib: reject fib expression on the netdev egress hook

A fib expression in a netdev egress base chain dereferences nft_in(pkt),
NULL on the transmit path, causing a NULL pointer dereference at eval.
nft_fib_validate() masks the hook with NF_INET_* values, but netdev hook
numbers are a separate enum that aliases them (NF_NETDEV_EGRESS ==
NF_INET_LOCAL_IN), so an egress chain passes validation and then faults.

Add nft_fib_netdev_validate() that limits each result/flag to the netdev
hook where the device it reads exists: the input-device cases (OIF,
OIFNAME, ADDRTYPE with F_IIF) to ingress, the output-device case (ADDRTYPE
with F_OIF) to egress, ADDRTYPE with no device flag to both. Also restrict
nft_fib_validate() to NFPROTO_IPV4/IPV6/INET so its NF_INET_* masks are
not applied to another family's hooks.


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