CVE-2026-52915
netfilter: ip6t_hbh: reject oversized option lists
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ip6t_hbh: reject oversized option lists struct ip6t_opts stores at most IP6T_OPTS_OPTSNR option descriptors, but hbh_mt6_check() does not reject larger optsnr values supplied from userspace. Validate optsnr in the rule setup path so only match data that fits the fixed-size opts array can be installed. This follows the existing xtables pattern of rejecting invalid user-provided counts in checkentry() and keeps the packet matching path unchanged. `struct ip6t_opts` has a fixed `opts[IP6T_OPTS_OPTSNR]` array, where `IP6T_OPTS_OPTSNR` is 16, then off-by-one array access is possible: [ 137.924693][ T8692] UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in ../net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_hbh.c:110:29 [ 137.926167][ T8692] index 16 is out of range for type '__u16 [16]'
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d523ba48d4ecc46acfb6aba548292cfcce1ac02
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/588933f1a2ca5ff99274f8c9f25dc3a25d0191c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/784aadea7a108c9f90985683caa87fb0198c6a39
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41ec2e242f1702e8370ddfe14d22b7a766021c3e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db0250470f023f159094052c0bd5ab026a88ae93
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