CVE-2026-72252

netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: don't leak bad clone into future transaction

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 15, 2026 at 05:54 AM UTC
Updated: October 16, 2026 at 07:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: don't leak bad clone into future transaction On memory allocation failure the cloned nft_pipapo_match can enter a bad state: - some fields can have their lookup tables resized while others did not - bits might have been toggled - scratch map can be undersized which also means m->bsize_max can be lower than what is required This means that the next insertion in the same batch can trigger out-of-bounds writes. Furthermore, a failure in the first can result in the bad clone to leak into the next transaction because the abort callback is never executed in this case (the upper layer saw an error and no attempt to allocate a transactional request was made). Record a state for the nft_pipapo_match structure: - NEW (pristine clone) - MOD (modified clone with good state) - ERR (potentially bogus content) Then make it so that deletes and insertions fail when the clone entered ERR state. In case the very first insert attempt results in an error, free the clone right away.

Affected

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

3c4287f62044a90e73a561aa05fc46e62da173da5.6
Vendor states this is fixed in 02b6b0e892aea582590671796fd6eff5b93ea93f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 047e813324eac2ac60cddfb58bcdbd0144eadb09 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0ab7b1802f63ca5b288ea59acb467830b83abd6b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 47e65eff50691f0a5b79d325e28d83ec1da43bcf (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 610e3b73efaec3dd81a95dcda2421ad7d9795bd0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cc53703f48558896295f565cd4f5e956d21b7af4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e74f9680e1b64872a51cc7b5bda1edaaa08aa51f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.217 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.184 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.97 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.40 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.148 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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