In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: x_tables: ensure names are nul-terminated Reject names that lack a \0 character before feeding them to functions that expect c-strings. Fixes tag is the most recent commit that needs this change.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/673bbd36cba21d10a10f0932f479df7468e26fbb Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73124608172890306b85f2206d8b3cac20e324f1 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a958a4f90ddd7de0800b33ca9d7b886b7d40f74e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa6cd4a8863391e0a64f62d8922cb0af732a2cf2 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcac50ea0a29d430eedc5ac87b215393b567baa9 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2d4a3abb15ca14716c6d8b9ffcbcd7c63626af4 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea01c1b219f5a11c66918abaa6f052e5a74041d6 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f419bdc205894750f4d3ec042bc87a1b9cde1351 Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 2
- CwesCWE-170NVD modified 2026-10-19 20:18
- First seenCVSS 7.1 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-15 02:19
Affected (CPE criteria) 7
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 11
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/673bbd36cba21d10a10f0932f479df7468e26fbb Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73124608172890306b85f2206d8b3cac20e324f1 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a958a4f90ddd7de0800b33ca9d7b886b7d40f74e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa6cd4a8863391e0a64f62d8922cb0af732a2cf2 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcac50ea0a29d430eedc5ac87b215393b567baa9 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2d4a3abb15ca14716c6d8b9ffcbcd7c63626af4 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea01c1b219f5a11c66918abaa6f052e5a74041d6 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f419bdc205894750f4d3ec042bc87a1b9cde1351 Patch
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html