CVE-2025-22021

netfilter: socket: Lookup orig tuple for IPv6 SNAT

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM UTC
Updated: October 15, 2026 at 10:18 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: socket: Lookup orig tuple for IPv6 SNAT nf_sk_lookup_slow_v4 does the conntrack lookup for IPv4 packets to restore the original 5-tuple in case of SNAT, to be able to find the right socket (if any). Then socket_match() can correctly check whether the socket was transparent. However, the IPv6 counterpart (nf_sk_lookup_slow_v6) lacks this conntrack lookup, making xt_socket fail to match on the socket when the packet was SNATed. Add the same logic to nf_sk_lookup_slow_v6. IPv6 SNAT is used in Kubernetes clusters for pod-to-world packets, as pods' addresses are in the fd00::/8 ULA subnet and need to be replaced with the node's external address. Cilium leverages Envoy to enforce L7 policies, and Envoy uses transparent sockets. Cilium inserts an iptables prerouting rule that matches on `-m socket --transparent` and redirects the packets to localhost, but it fails to match SNATed IPv6 packets due to that missing conntrack lookup.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

3.13 ≤ v < 5.4.2925.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1805.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1335.5 ≤ v < 5.10.2366.13 ≤ v < 6.13.106.2 ≤ v < 6.6.866.7 ≤ v < 6.12.226.14eb31628e37a0a4e01fffd79dcc7f815d2357f53a
Vendor states this is fixed in 1ca2169cc19dca893c7aae6af122852097435d16 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1ec43100f7123010730b7ddfc3d5c2eac19e70e7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 221c27259324ec1404f028d4f5a0f2ae7f63ee23 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2bb139e483f8cbe488d19d8c1135ac3615e2668c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 41904cbb343d115931d6bf79aa2c815cac4ef72b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5251041573850e5020cd447374e23010be698898 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 58ab63d3ded2ca6141357a2b24eee8453d0f871d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6488b96a79a26e19100ad872622f04e93b638d7f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 932b32ffd7604fb00b5c57e239a3cc4d901ccf6e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.236 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.180 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.292 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.133 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.22 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.13.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.14.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.86 (unaffected)

References (11)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ca2169cc19dca893c7aae6af122852097435d16
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ec43100f7123010730b7ddfc3d5c2eac19e70e7
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/221c27259324ec1404f028d4f5a0f2ae7f63ee23
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bb139e483f8cbe488d19d8c1135ac3615e2668c
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41904cbb343d115931d6bf79aa2c815cac4ef72b
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5251041573850e5020cd447374e23010be698898
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58ab63d3ded2ca6141357a2b24eee8453d0f871d
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6488b96a79a26e19100ad872622f04e93b638d7f

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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CWE
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