CVE-2026-74569
UnknownSummary
In the Linux kernel, the netfilter nf_conntrack_sip module has a vulnerability due to an s16 overflow in the size change counter during NAT rewriting. A single SIP message can grow by more than 32767 bytes, causing the counter to wrap and leading to an out-of-bounds read (use-after-free).
Risk Assessment
An attacker can send specially crafted SIP traffic, causing a system crash (panic) or potentially kernel code execution. The vulnerability affects systems with netfilter and SIP support enabled.
Recommendation
Apply a Linux kernel update containing the fix (widening the type to s32). If not possible, consider disabling the nf_conntrack_sip module or restricting SIP traffic via firewall.
Original NVD description (English source)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_conntrack_sip: widen NAT rewrite delta to s32 in sip_help_tcp() sip_help_tcp() stores the size change of each NAT-rewritten SIP message in s16 diff and accumulates it in s16 tdiff, but a single message can grow by more than S16_MAX while the packet stays under the 65535 enlarge_skb() limit: nf_nat_sip() rewrites every matching URI, and a long Contact list expands the message by tens of kilobytes. diff then wraps, and "datalen = datalen + diff - msglen" yields a huge unsigned datalen, so the next iteration's ct_sip_get_header() reads past the linearized skb tail. Widen diff, tdiff and the seq_adjust hook to s32. Both are bounded by the 65535 byte packet limit, and the seqadj core is already s32 (nf_ct_seqadj_set() takes s32), so no previously accepted input is rejected. BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ct_sip_get_header (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c:464) Read of size 1 at addr ffff888010800000 by task ksoftirqd/1/25 ct_sip_get_header (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c:464) sip_help_tcp (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c:1694) nf_confirm (net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c:183) nf_hook_slow (net/netfilter/core.c:619) ip6_output (net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:246) ip6_forward (net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:690) ipv6_rcv (net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:351) __netif_receive_skb_one_core (net/core/dev.c:6212) process_backlog (net/core/dev.c:6676) __napi_poll (net/core/dev.c:7735) net_rx_action (net/core/dev.c:7955) handle_softirqs (kernel/softirq.c:622) run_ksoftirqd (kernel/softirq.c:1076) ...