In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ip6t_hbh: reject oversized option lists struct ip6t_opts stores at most IP6T_OPTS_OPTSNR option descriptors, but hbh_mt6_check() does not reject larger optsnr values supplied from userspace. Validate optsnr in the rule setup path so only match data that fits the fixed-size opts array can be installed. This follows the existing xtables pattern of rejecting invalid user-provided counts in checkentry() and keeps the packet matching path unchanged. `struct ip6t_opts` has a fixed `opts[IP6T_OPTS_OPTSNR]` array, where `IP6T_OPTS_OPTSNR` is 16, then off-by-one array access is possible: [ 137.924693][ T8692] UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in ../net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_hbh.c:110:29 [ 137.926167][ T8692] index 16 is out of range for type '__u16 [16]'
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d523ba48d4ecc46acfb6aba548292cfcce1ac02 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41ec2e242f1702e8370ddfe14d22b7a766021c3e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4322dcde6b4173c2d8e8e6118ed290794263bcc8 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57b0ac5e1b46f1f0338dff392ef2092e2871b412 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/588933f1a2ca5ff99274f8c9f25dc3a25d0191c3 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6feb43c0995ab3a9c826707eb46541a1696fe4f7 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/784aadea7a108c9f90985683caa87fb0198c6a39 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db0250470f023f159094052c0bd5ab026a88ae93 Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 3
- CwesCWE-129 → CWE-129, CWE-125NVD modified 2026-10-19 20:18
- StatusAnalyzed → ModifiedNVD modified 2026-10-19 20:18
- First seenCVSS 7.1 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-16 16:18
Affected (CPE criteria) 10
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d523ba48d4ecc46acfb6aba548292cfcce1ac02 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41ec2e242f1702e8370ddfe14d22b7a766021c3e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4322dcde6b4173c2d8e8e6118ed290794263bcc8 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57b0ac5e1b46f1f0338dff392ef2092e2871b412 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/588933f1a2ca5ff99274f8c9f25dc3a25d0191c3 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6feb43c0995ab3a9c826707eb46541a1696fe4f7 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/784aadea7a108c9f90985683caa87fb0198c6a39 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db0250470f023f159094052c0bd5ab026a88ae93 Patch