CVE-2026-43025

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 68
Analyzed
Published: 01 May 2026, 14:15
Last modified:14 Jul 2026, 12:49

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
29/100
CVSS Score
7.3 HIGH
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.13% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

01 May 2026, 14:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
14 Jul 2026, 12:49
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ctnetlink: ignore explicit helper on new expectations Use the existing master conntrack helper, anything else is not really supported and it just makes validation more complicated, so just ignore what helper userspace suggests for this expectation. This was uncovered when validating CTA_EXPECT_CLASS via different helper provided by userspace than the existing master conntrack helper: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nf_ct_expect_related_report+0x2479/0x27c0 Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880043fe408 by task poc/102 Call Trace: nf_ct_expect_related_report+0x2479/0x27c0 ctnetlink_create_expect+0x22b/0x3b0 ctnetlink_new_expect+0x4bd/0x5c0 nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x67a/0x950 netlink_rcv_skb+0x120/0x350 Allowing to read kernel memory bytes off the expectation boundary. CTA_EXPECT_HELP_NAME is still used to offer the helper name to userspace via netlink dump.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.13%• Percentile: 3%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-125•Out-of-bounds Read

    The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux

    ≥ bd0779370588386e4a67ba5d0b176cfded8e6a53, < e135f8e8212cbed12a03ab8dec77fa1247139897 | ≥ bd0779370588386e4a67ba5d0b176cfded8e6a53, < 2ea0f35f235f70c133ad61fe05ba013753b978c6 | ≥ bd0779370588386e4a67ba5d0b176cfded8e6a53, < 0f6c33697ccfac6499d0b7a4dbdec5d3a3a566cd | ≥ bd0779370588386e4a67ba5d0b176cfded8e6a53, < 187b6ec5229ea93cb04c4f6d3b52efc80f513d0d | ≥ bd0779370588386e4a67ba5d0b176cfded8e6a53, < 21a04c31db4057deec85fcd6cc63d720b38819c3 | ≥ bd0779370588386e4a67ba5d0b176cfded8e6a53, < 917b61fa2042f11e2af4c428e43f08199586633a | 3.12

  • linux•linux kernel

    ≥ 3.12, < 6.1.168 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.134 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.81 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.18.22 | ≥ 6.19, < 6.19.12 | 7.0:rc1 | 7.0:rc2 | 7.0:rc3 | 7.0:rc4 | 7.0:rc5 | 7.0:rc6

References (8)