In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: x_tables: guard option walkers against 1-byte tail reads When the last byte of options is a non-single-byte option kind, walkers that advance with i += op[i + 1] ? : 1 can read op[i + 1] past the end of the option area. Add an explicit i == optlen - 1 check before dereferencing op[i + 1] in xt_tcpudp and xt_dccp option walkers.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b18b8b35c7cded2d17b2b2604c9b0694ff48d1c Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b94f0e42ed248eb31929da84ed9f5310d7ff540 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae1e1267650638136b84c23f2b31250f0ccb6823 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc18551c6169eac5ed813778d3e3e484002dbbe5 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2a445367a496a3c25dbc940c10c8bd1cfd4c14a Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c39f84e4be1be63fc60ca7141ea7b76edcea5907 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfe770220ac2dbd3e104c6b45094037455da81d4 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d04800323336eebf441d153f43234eac9b833d36 Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 3
- CwesCWE-125NVD modified 2026-10-19 20:18
- StatusAnalyzed → ModifiedNVD modified 2026-10-19 20:18
- First seenCVSS 8.2 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-16 16:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 4
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:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b18b8b35c7cded2d17b2b2604c9b0694ff48d1c Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b94f0e42ed248eb31929da84ed9f5310d7ff540 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae1e1267650638136b84c23f2b31250f0ccb6823 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc18551c6169eac5ed813778d3e3e484002dbbe5 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2a445367a496a3c25dbc940c10c8bd1cfd4c14a Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c39f84e4be1be63fc60ca7141ea7b76edcea5907 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfe770220ac2dbd3e104c6b45094037455da81d4 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d04800323336eebf441d153f43234eac9b833d36 Patch