CVE-2026-53267

netfilter: nft_ct: bail out on template ct in get eval

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 25, 2026 at 08:39 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 08:19 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_ct: bail out on template ct in get eval I noticed this issue while looking at a historic syzbot report [1]. A rule like the one below is enough to trigger the bug: table ip t { chain pre { type filter hook prerouting priority raw; ct zone set 1 ct original saddr 1.2.3.4 accept } } The first expression attaches a per-cpu template ct via nft_ct_set_zone_eval() (nf_ct_tmpl_alloc -> kzalloc, tuple is all zero, nf_ct_l3num(ct) == 0). The next expression then calls nft_ct_get_eval() on the same skb, treats the template as a real ct and hits the 16-byte memcpy path. With dreg at NFT_REG32_15 this overflows past struct nft_regs on the kernel stack; with smaller dreg values it silently clobbers adjacent registers. Reject template ct at the eval entry and in nft_ct_get_fast_eval(), mirroring the check nft_ct_set_eval() already has. Additionally, bound the address copy in NFT_CT_SRC / NFT_CT_DST by priv->len instead of by nf_ct_l3num(ct): nf_ct_get_tuple() zeroes the tuple before pkt_to_tuple() fills in only the protocol-relevant leading bytes, so the trailing bytes of tuple->{src,dst}.u3.all are well-defined zero. priv->len is validated at rule load, so the copy size is now bounded by the destination register rather than by an untrusted field on the conntrack. [1]: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=389cf09cb72926114fce90dc85a2c3231dcb647c

Affected

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

4.1 ≤ v < 6.6.1436.13 ≤ v < 6.18.366.19 ≤ v < 7.0.136.7 ≤ v < 6.12.9445d9bcda21f4c13be75e3571b0f0ef39e77934b57.17.1 rc17.1 rc27.1 rc37.1 rc47.1 rc57.1 rc6
Vendor states this is fixed in 2e154b5f53f1b0b490c7b8b02499f90feb86b1d5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3027ecbdb5fdf9200251c21d4818e4c447ef78e1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8470f676eadeab99132708acb1a85915664d6115 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in af80f78ce984649e1698b841cd33f4fa505ad828 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f071b0bf078146368d18e4eec386bf2ddc0ab7e0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.94 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.36 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.143 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-674CWE-121

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