CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64412

HighCVSS 7.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.13%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel ebtables subsystem, module names are not properly null-terminated. The request_module() function may receive a non-null-terminated string, leading to potential buffer overflow or incorrect module loading.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can supply a crafted module name, potentially leading to buffer overflow or loading of an incorrect module, possibly enabling privilege escalation.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that adds explicit length checking and ensures null-termination of module names before passing them to request_module().

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ebtables: module names must be null-terminated We need to explicitly check the length, else we may pass non-null terminated string to request_module().

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS