CVE-2026-74579
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_payload: fix mask build for partial field offload nft_payload_offload_mask() builds the offload match mask for a payload expression that covers only part of a header field.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.12%). 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_payload: fix mask build for partial field offload nft_payload_offload_mask() builds the offload match mask for a payload expression that covers only part of a header field. For a partial IPv6 address match (field_len = 16, priv_len = 1) that shift is 1 << 120, which is undefined on the 32-bit int operand. It also trims only one word, so the remaining words stay 0xffffffff (and when priv_len is a multiple of 4 the trim is skipped entirely), leaving the mask covering more bytes than the rule matches. UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in net/netfilter/nft_payload.c:278:20 shift exponent 120 is too large for 32-bit type 'int' ... The match is byte-granular and struct nft_data is zero-initialised, so the correct mask is simply the first priv_len bytes set to 0xff. Set those bytes directly and drop the word/shift trimming; this removes the undefined shift and no longer over-masks the trailing bytes.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.12% probability · 2th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16b553c46e347bc9de9946c4960654d5884a86de
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/363c3a84a946d53e5e121c9f47c7c2b7d228c46b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39e88f28fb32bf02bd4b525c24c842c9cff5663d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ee7b3f813b11f28cd6efdf7f24d64b5a7fd4dc7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/630295d5bba1d0e0f494cc459452eb0a0058c545
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8720df4504e0ed1781a702f65251bd47b3534d5e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a375d8ace807767f29f276b681b6324c74929b1d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b19b5d2e042c294e2cc1c908dc598f9d64015396
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.