CVE-2026-43452 HIGH

CVE-2026-43452: netfilter: x_tables: guard option walkers against 1-byte tail reads

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Published May 8, 2026
Last update May 11, 2026

CVSS base score

8.2/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 8, 2026 CVE published
May 11, 2026 Record updated