CVE-2026-23455 CRITICAL

CVE-2026-23455: netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: check for zero length in DecodeQ931()

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Published April 3, 2026
Last update May 11, 2026

CVSS base score

9.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: check for zero length in DecodeQ931() In DecodeQ931(), the UserUserIE code path reads a 16-bit length from the packet, then decrements it by 1 to skip the protocol discriminator byte before passing it to DecodeH323_UserInformation(). If the encoded length is 0, the decrement wraps to -1, which is then passed as a large value to the decoder, leading to an out-of-bounds read. Add a check to ensure len is positive after the decrement.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 3, 2026 CVE published
May 11, 2026 Record updated