CVE-2026-43453
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: fix stack out-of-bounds read in pipapo_drop() pipapo_drop() passes rulemap[i + 1].n to pipapo_unmap() as the to_offset argument on every iteration, including…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.13%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: fix stack out-of-bounds read in pipapo_drop() pipapo_drop() passes rulemap[i + 1].n to pipapo_unmap() as the to_offset argument on every iteration, including the last one where i == m->field_count - 1. This reads one element past the end of the stack-allocated rulemap array (declared as rulemap[NFT_PIPAPO_MAX_FIELDS] with NFT_PIPAPO_MAX_FIELDS == 16). Although pipapo_unmap() returns early when is_last is true without using the to_offset value, the argument is evaluated at the call site before the function body executes, making this a genuine out-of-bounds stack read confirmed by KASAN: BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in pipapo_drop+0x50c/0x57c [nf_tables] Read of size 4 at addr ffff8000810e71a4 This frame has 1 object: [32, 160) 'rulemap' The buggy address is at offset 164 -- exactly 4 bytes past the end of the rulemap array. Pass 0 instead of rulemap[i + 1].n on the last iteration to avoid the out-of-bounds read.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.13% probability · 3th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a55d62cdb628923d8a21724374a70c76ac7d19dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1957e793196e7f8557374fd4eda53abcbb42e1c0Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/324b749aa5b2d516ccfab933df9d3f56e7807f5fPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57fb87ca095d5127cd7a27583b8ec43dcf7c9e9ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60c1d18781e37bfb96290b86510eb01c5fa24d75Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6d8cd2db236a9dd13dbc2d05843b3445cc964b5Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfbdac719198778b581bc0dd055df2542edb8c62Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e047f6fbb975f685d6c9fcef95b3b7787a79b46dPatch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.