CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-43329

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel netfilter flowtable subsystem, the maximum number of hardware offload actions is insufficient for IPv6, causing errors. The patch raises the limit to 24 and adds strict checking.

Risk Assessment

This could lead to incorrect hardware offload for IPv6 flows, potentially causing crashes or network security vulnerabilities.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that increases the maximum number of actions to 24 and adds strict checking in flow_action_entry_next().

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: flowtable: strictly check for maximum number of actions The maximum number of flowtable hardware offload actions in IPv6 is: * ethernet mangling (4 payload actions, 2 for each ethernet address) * SNAT (4 payload actions) * DNAT (4 payload actions) * Double VLAN (4 vlan actions, 2 for popping vlan, and 2 for pushing) for QinQ. * Redirect (1 action) Which makes 17, while the maximum is 16. But act_ct supports for tunnels actions too. Note that payload action operates at 32-bit word level, so mangling an IPv6 address takes 4 payload actions. Update flow_action_entry_next() calls to check for the maximum number of supported actions. While at it, rise the maximum number of actions per flow from 16 to 24 so this works fine with IPv6 setups.

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