CVE-2026-74579

netfilter: nft_payload: fix mask build for partial field offload

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: August 17, 2026 at 05:28 AM UTC
Updated: October 16, 2026 at 08:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known 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.

Affected

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

5.105.9.145c2b4b4f9fa5b765b927e361e3d310bcb5773015a5d45bc0dc50f9dd83703510e9804d813a9cac32
Vendor states this is fixed in 16b553c46e347bc9de9946c4960654d5884a86de (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 363c3a84a946d53e5e121c9f47c7c2b7d228c46b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 39e88f28fb32bf02bd4b525c24c842c9cff5663d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3ee7b3f813b11f28cd6efdf7f24d64b5a7fd4dc7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 630295d5bba1d0e0f494cc459452eb0a0058c545 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8720df4504e0ed1781a702f65251bd47b3534d5e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a375d8ace807767f29f276b681b6324c74929b1d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b19b5d2e042c294e2cc1c908dc598f9d64015396 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.265 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.216 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.183 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.103 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.44 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.151 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.1HIGHLinux
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