Bug 2516691 (CVE-2026-72349) - CVE-2026-72349 kernel: netfilter: xt_rateest: fix u64 truncation in xt_rateest_mt()
Summary: CVE-2026-72349 kernel: netfilter: xt_rateest: fix u64 truncation in xt_ratees...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72349
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:26 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-19 13:51 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:26:05 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: xt_rateest: fix u64 truncation in xt_rateest_mt()

On links faster than ~34 Gbps, where byte rate may exceed 2^32-1
(~ 4.3 GBps), the comparison result becomes incorrect because the
truncated value no longer reflects the actual estimator rate.

Fix by changing the local variables to u64.


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