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CVE-2026-98322

Low risk· EPSS 8%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

8th percentile - higher than 8% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the netfilter nft_nat module has an uninitialized memory issue in nft_nat_setup_netmap() for IPv4 mapping. The fix zero-initializes the entire new_addr structure to avoid using uninitialized data.

Risk Assessment

Use of uninitialized memory may lead to information leakage or unpredictable behavior, which could be exploited by an attacker.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix to ensure safe netfilter operation.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_nat: fully initialise new_addr in netmap setup nft_nat_setup_netmap() builds the mapped address in an on-stack union nf_inet_addr. For an IPv4 mapping it writes only the 4-byte .ip member and the loop runs a single 32-bit iteration, but it then copies the whole 16-byte union into range->min_addr and range->max_addr, so the upper 12 bytes reach nf_nat_setup_info() uninitialised. KMSAN reports an uninit-value in nf_nat_setup_info() reached from nft_nat_eval(). The IPv6 path fills all 16 bytes and is not affected. Zero-initialise new_addr.

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